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TIL That slaves were forbidden from owning musical instruments as they were used to communicate. Congo Square in New Orleans was the only place slaves were allowed to gather every Sunday, to trade, sing, dance and play music. this led to the birth of Jazz

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6EoDX TIL That the guy who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan has been freed from psychiatric care since mid-2016 (John Hinckley Jr.)
eQ1D TIL that the assertion from Jurassic Park that T-Rex was unable to see anything not moving is false and a study suggests that they even had better vision than modern day hawks and eagles.
VvYm TIL that in 1631, London’s Baker Book House rewrote the 10 Commandments with a missing word in the seventh directive declaring, “Thou shalt commit adultery.”
QNy6E TIL that the average person generates 0.6-1.8L of gas per day and a healthy person farts about 12-25 times per day.
KOrEw TIL The World Mosquito Project scientists cultivate and release mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia. The bacterium is passed down to future generations. The bacterium appears to block mosquitos from transmitting arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya & yellow fever) & Zika