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TIL that slavery was legal in New Jersey during the Civil War. The 1860 census listed 43 slaves in the state, and the last slaves were not freed until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.

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E1ABo TIL of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome. Most commonly found in children, sufferers experience sensory distortions, such as feeling their heads are far from their bodies, hearing amplified or altered sounds, hallucinations, and a feeling of depersonalization or separation from one's own body.
l7PLB TIL: Some whales engage in 'trap' feeding behaviour essentially letting the fish swim directly into their mouths.
b9JWj TIL A needlegun is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire, and extreme muzzle velocity.
j6JYN TIL that almost 3% of films released in the 1960s included depictions of people sinking in quicksand, clay or mud
88ya TIL the police report detailing the incident between Chris Brown and Robyn Fenty is online. Brown’s assault included knocking Fenty’s head into the passenger-side window, repeatedly punching and strangling her to near unconsciousness before a resident in the neighborhood heard Fenty’s plea for help.