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TIL women in New Jersey had the right to vote from 1776 until 1807.

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E1r5X TIL that General Eisenhower, horrified by the concentration camps discovered as allied troops rolled into Nazi territory, ordered camera crews to document the grisly scenes. He also forced local government officials to tour the camps. Warning: This video is extremely graphic!
bdbj TIL a think tank at Oxford University believes that the prison industry may begin exploring psychoactive drugs that elongate the perception of time, either reducing actual incarceration times or making sentences for heinous crimes feel like an eternity.
0wEBp TIL “Dark side of the Moon” does not actually mean “dark”. We only see one side of the Moon from Earth and never see the other (tidal locking), but both sides have 2 weeks of sunlight followed by 2 weeks of night. Moon’s Dark/far side looks quite different than the side we see from Earth.
kpbW TIL: Hawk moths can jam a bat’s echolocation by rubbing their genitals together to create ultrasound disruption, throwing the bat off.
OGAj6 TIL After Nazi Germany's failure to take Moscow in 1942 some members of German leadership considered the war unwinnable and wanted a political end to the war. Albert Speer created propaganda about massive increases in military production that convinced people the war was still winnable.