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TIL that in Colorado, medical marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks locations 3 to 1

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M7PY8 TIL about Robert Carter III who in 1791 through 1803 set about freeing all 400-500 of his slaves. He then hired them back as workers and then educated them. His family, neighbors and government did everything to stop him including trying to tar and feather him and drove him from his home.
b9aGp TIL the creator of the sims got the idea for the video game while trying to rebuild his life after a house fire.
rRB60 TIL of Flagellant Brothers, a group of men who roamed in streets and whipped their naked bodies for atonement of their sins and called others to repent during the Black Death.
awam0 TIL of chicken fried bacon; bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried. Introduced in Texas in the 90's, the dish's low nutritional value has been described as: "they've taken fat, they've double-coated it in fat, they've fried it in more fat, and then they've served it with a side order of fat."
L4P0 TIL The terms “left” and “right” in politics appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president’s right and supporters of the revolution to his left.