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TIL of Pityriasis Rosea. It’s a pink spot, that later turns into an upper body rash. Doctor’s think it’s caused by a virus, but it isn’t contagious.

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rrD0 TIL in Mississippi, you can drink WHILE driving as long as your .BAC remains below .08%
91EM TIL that the first functional sewing machine was invented in France in 1830 by Barthelemy Thimonnier, a tailor. The inventor was nearly killed by a group of angry French tailors. They burnt down his garment factory because they feared the invention would render them unemployed.
MeOma TIL a British double agent codenamed “Zigzag” volunteered to blow up Adolf Hitler in a suicide mission, but was rejected by MI5
X6OP TIL that 4chan users once convinced 9gag users to DDoS themselves.
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