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TIL I learned that the first law suit to legalize homosexual marriages in the United States was brought by a Christian Church.

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4k9m6 TIL that some countries accept foreigners into their armed forces.
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JYAdV TIL the first photograph of DNA was taken as part of research by a woman, Rosalind Franklin. Unknown to her, and without her permission, it was shown to James Watson, who then with Francis Crick used what they learned from it to develop the double helix model for DNA, winning them the Nobel Prize.