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TIL about Julian of Norwich - the first (named) woman to have written English

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DQMJp TIL from the 1970s to 1990s, the South African apartheid government conducted "Project Coast," a program where they investigated using recreational drugs, snake venom, pheromones, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, pesticides, poisons, and more as biological weapons for both war and crowd control.
5RJ9 TIL that the Constitution of the Confederate States of America banned the importation of slaves.
16y7O TIL that the Jack in Monterey Jack cheese was a salesman of cheese made by monks in Monterey
kObEE TIL that dogs can make 100 different facial expressions and most of them are made with their ears and they are aware that eye contact with a human signals a level of trust and comfort.
1a81W TIL The U.S. President can legally adjourn Congress any time he chooses. To date, no U.S. President has done so.