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TIL human sweat is the most extreme and distinctively human evolutionary trait as a whole.

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xVKm1 TIL that in four states, including California, you can take the bar exam and practice law without ever going to law school. It’s called “reading law”.
AD8Pa TIL during the US prohibition era, medicinal liquor was fraudulently exploited in many scams, one doctor cited for writing 475 prescriptions for whiskey in one day. Charles R. Walgreen, the founder of Walgreen's pharmacies expanded from 20 stores to a staggering 525 during the 1920s.
N7gME TIL a 2011 study showed that a group of 4 year olds had a temporary lapse in cognitive function after watching 9 minutes of SpongeBob
d8YWj TIL During the American Revolution, a Virginian Officer named Charles Lynch became so famous for hanging Loyalist they called it Lynches Law. Thus, the act of hanging a Tory became known as lynching.
6Lel TIL that growing up, Stephen Colbert always wanted to pronounce his last name with a silent “t” and decided to do it while on a flight to attend college as no one knew him there. Colbert says his father always wanted to switch too, but he “lacked the pretentious gene that I have.”