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TIL there is a recurring generational cycle in American history, repeating every 4th generation, that can be traced back to the 1400s

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4kPBg TIL In the US coroners are elected by the public, a medical degree is not a requirement and often the only requirements are to be of legal age and with no criminal record. The public is not always aware of this, which leads to unqualified people getting voted in just because of party affiliation
6Ekb7 TIL of Forrest Spaulding who in 1938 drafted a Library Bill of Rights against censorship. When challenged for a library copy of Mein Kampf he responded, "if more people had read it, Hitler's despotism might have been prevented". Spaulding's bill was later adopted by the American Library Association.
0wyyv TIL That the modern display of the confederate flag is not what was flown by the majority of soldiers of the Confederate States of America, but is the battle flag of the army of Northern Virginia.
EOvP TIL There is a North Korean village just across the border with South Korea nicknamed “Propaganda Village”. It is apparently uninhabited and for many years it had speakers that broadcast propaganda across the border 24/7.
dNK TIL there are no snakes in Hawaii