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TIL the oil behind poison ivy, urushiol, can also be cured and turned into a fine lacquer used in Asian decor

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Wooo TIL States could make the minimum drinking age 18, but the Federal government would take away tax dollars given to them
GZr5 TIL that Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard was the first person in California arrested under the then new law against being a convicted felon wearing a bulletproof vest.
jNRXj TIL about Nannie Doss, an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954. Also referred to as the "Giggling Granny". It was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a mother-in-law.
y9vV TIL the difference between Wile E. Coyote and Ralph Coyote. Both had brown fur and pointy ears, but Wile E. had a black nose, yellow eyes, and went after the Roadrunner, while Ralph had a red nose, white eyes, and went after sheep (guarded by Sam Sheepdog).
OoNpa TIL that in England, the period, as in the punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence, is called a full stop.