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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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Oopo4 TIL Thomas Jefferson made his own version of the Bible stripping Jesus of his divinity, miracles, and the resurrection and until the 1950s each newly elected US Senator received a copy.
QXBk TIL - The United States Census Bureau assisted the internment efforts by providing confidential neighborhood information on Japanese Americans. The Bureau denied its role for decades, but it was finally proven in 2007.
Z8B6B TIL that Zhang Xianzhong was a leader of a peasant revolt who conquered sichuan and practically depopulated the region so thoroughly that some sources estimate that 2 million people died under his rule.
yrVl TIL In Iceland in the 70s a woman became convinced she’d subconsciously witnessed a murder, this led to six people being wrongly arrested and all confessing despite remembering nothing
78ZVx TIL that honey bees are not endangered