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TIL there is government run service near me which will analyze drug samples anonymously sent to them and publish the results on their webpage

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x6Vx5 TIL cheetahs are very shy, sensitive, and introverted animals that often easily become anxious.
8LPX TIL Blackbeard was remarkably judicious in his use of force. In dozens of eyewitness accounts, there is not a single instance in which he killed anyone prior to his final, fatal battle with the Royal Navy. “I haven’t seen a single piece of evidence that Blackbeard ever used violence against anyone.”
dDDnQ TIL that Halle Berry went to Miss World Pageant in 1986 and placed in top 7, becoming the first African-American woman in the competition
wgOo TIL: When Apple was going public and assigning shares, Jobs cut out several employees. Wozniak then gave some of his personal shares to them, because he believed it was the right thing to do.
OGQDg TIL During WWII the US Navy would convert two coal powered paddle-wheel steamships into the USS Wolverine and USS Sable, the only freshwater carriers ever created. Used for training on Lake Michigan, over 17,000 Navy pilots were certified on these vessels over the course of the war.