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TIL upon the unification of Germany in 1871, Ulysses S. Grant expressed that he thought the German union to be quite similar to the American Union and said that he thought of it as a reproduction of the "best features of the U.S. Constitution.

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neNAo TIL in the late 1960s some researchers reported that catnip gave people a marijuana-like high when smoked, but it turned out they had simply mixed up the two plants.
MeygK Today I learned that the US government can’t negotiate drug prices because of a law making it illegal.
NNMe TIL Foxes behave like catdogs, because they are canines that share the same ecological niche as cats (catching small prey favours specific behavioral traits, convergent evolution)
jnxX TIL an xbox user was banned for putting his actual hometown, “Fort Gay” West Virginia as his residence. It took an appeal by the towns mayor for Microsoft to reverse it.
AYgg TIL The earliest known use of the phrase “trick or treat” appeared in a small town in Alberta, Canada in 1927