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TIL that "professional regurgitation" is actually a thing
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TIL that after Confederate President Jefferson Davis passed a law approving conscription into the Confederate Army, many people resisted violently, making comparisons made between conscription and slavery.
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TIL: The 90's Nickelodeon comedy series, Kenan and Kel, was partly inspired by the popular 1950's sitcom 'The Honeymooners"
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TIL neuroscientists have shown that the Arabic alphabet is objectively harder to read than any other writing system
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TIL James Jameson, heir to the Jameson Irish Whiskey company, once bought a 10-year-old slave girl for six handkerchiefs because he wanted to sketch the event as cannibals killed, mutilated, and finally, ate her.
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TIL about Hans Redl, who lost his left arm in World War II in 1943. He went on to compete in the Wimbledon tennis championships after the war, advancing to the fourth round.