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TIL MDMA (Ecstasy) is currently being investigated to treat social anxiety in autism

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RDo4 TIL the name of the ‘USA Patriot Act’ is an acronym; “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001”
4krl5 TIL that there are four unratified amendments to the Constitution that are still technically "pending" approval by the states. Dating back to 1789, they deal with subjects like banning child labor, stripping citizenship from anyone who accepts a title of nobility, and permanently legalizing slavery.
Zpp1D TIL The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. It was apparently chosen because of its connection with dominance and chivalry as well as purity and innocence in Celtic mythology
OkR TIL that 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are not men, but women.
WEXo TIL that the two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis, in the Rwandan Genocide were designated by European colonists somewhat arbitrarily. A Hutu could become a Tutsi by acquiring ten cows.