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TIL in Americas first settlements marijuana/hemp was required to be grown by all farmers

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Z8rnY TIL In a temperate climate, a human body can completely decompose into a skeleton in 3 weeks to several years. If undisturbed by animals, acids in fertile soils can dissolve human skeletons in around 20 years. In sand or neutral soil, the skeleton can remain intact for hundreds of years.
8j5K TIL most states allow security cameras in dressing rooms, some behind two way mirrors.
a8eoL TIL that despite being leader of the CDU and serving as the Chancellor of Germany, Ludwig Erhard was never officially a member of the CDU, a fact that was not made public until decades later.
wLe71 TIL The term slave has its origins in the word slav. The slavs, who inhabited a large part of Eastern Europe, were taken as slaves by the Muslims of Spain during the ninth century AD.
9YbE6 TIL the optimal temperature for economic growth is 13°C