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TIL green olives have a similar effect to catnip for some cats

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rNyQy TIL that in 1860 the original 13th amendment to the Constitution was intended to preserve slavery in the states that already had it. Known as the Corwin Amendment, it was an attempt to forestall secession. It was passed by Congress, but ratification by states was suspended when the Civil War began.
oBLpo TIL Anna Nicole Smith never actually got money when her 90-year-old husband died. His will left his $1.6 billion estate to his son and nothing to her.
x6gk0 TIL that the USA had an opportunity to purchase Alaska because of Russia's catastrophic defeat in the Crimean War
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