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TIL that during his Illinois senatorial campaign, Lincoln claimed he didn’t believe in racial equality between blacks and whites of any kind.

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k45m TIL that a woman almost lost custody of her children because a DNA test showed that her children weren’t hers. Turns out there are humans who exist with two sets of DNA if two fertilized eggs fuse together during conception. The matching DNA was eventually found in her cervical tissue.
e0apg TIL Red Solo Cups are popular souvenirs for people visiting America
jNVmX TiL that the brain literally eats itself when it doesn't receive enough sleep
Yd17 TIL dogs percieve humans differently from themselves, but cats do not. Cats treat humans like they would treat another cat.
GYy4J TIL During the Cold War a 'Three world' model arose to describe nations either aligned with NATO (first world),the Eastern Bloc (second world) or the'Third World'. Rather than economic this was a political grouping loosely describing 'unaligned' nations in the 'devoloping world.