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TIL that the US House of Representatives has a silver mace of justice.

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1AEP TIL that the largest producer of rubber tyres in the world by sheer quantity is Lego
9yoX TIL the memorial in Normandy where WWII soldiers are buried is actually considered American soil
gB87 TIL in 2009, Colorado initiated its Family Planning Initiative to provide low-to-no cost birth control to 68 family clinics around the state. Between 2009 and 2013, the state’s teen birth rate dropped by 40%.
wG18 TIL that in 1971 a small group calling themselves the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into a FBI office in Philly, stole over 1000 documents, exposed the extreme surveillance program COINTELPRO, and then sent these documents to the press, leading to the FBI shutting it down.
w9JY TIL when David Bowie died his ashes were scattered in Bali in accordance with Buddhist ritual.