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TIL: The CDC recommends that Ebola survivors should use condoms indefinitely.

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VMJg0 TIL The tendency to see Van Gogh's mental illness in his work began as a rebuke by critics who hated it, at a time when mental illness was highly stigmatized. He was actually only seriously ill in the final 2 years of his life.
8a6AP TIL that The Drew Carey Show was the first TV show to have an episode simulcast on the Internet
nWknB TIL Houston's JPMorgan Chase Tower was originally planned for 80 floors tall, but it was shortened at the order of the Federal Aviation Administration who declared anything taller than 75 floors in downtown Houston would be a hazard to air navigation
4XOXg TIL that cotton balls aren't made of cotton. Despite their name, most modern cotton balls are made out of cheaper, bleached synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon.
XrRE TIL There is a theory that Homo erectus could have never evolved without cooking. I.e. that cooking is what made us human.