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TIL that Ben Affleck recreated a slave plantation to live in

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xolD TIL that under UK law, a woman cannot commit rape.
yVMDJ TIL Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860 with just 39.7% of the popular vote - less than two out of five Americans voted for him.
gbYW TIL “Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps” originally meant attempting something ludicrous or impossible
0da1A TIL electroplating, a sophisticated technology used in microelectronic fabrication, was invented by Indigenous Americans in Peru around 500 CE. Europeans only invented this technique around 1800.
e0G04 TIL Chris Farley was slated to play Shrek before he unexpectedly died. Mike Myers explains how he found out followed with audio of Farley doing story board work with Eddie Murphy.