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TIL that Michigan is the only state with a law that explicitly prevents the poor workplace treatment of someone based on their weight.

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O7le TIL that Despot, Tyrant, Dictator, and Autocrat were originally respectable titles and did not have the negative connotations we do today
Yp4Od TIL about the Zambian space program in the 1960s, which aimed to send a woman (an afronaut) and 2 cats to the moon using a 2x3 metre drum rocket to establish a Christian ministry to the primitive martians
7r69X TIL that scientists have had to change the names of certain genes because of Microsoft Excel. Genes such as SEPT1 are auto-formatted to the date Sept. 1st in spreadsheets containing thousands of genetic abbreviations
KOBkJ TIL If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, you be penalized up to 25 years in jail. It is similar to cutting down a protected tree species.
GAJVJ TIL Potatoes are not indigenous to Ireland. They were cultivated by the Incas circa 8000 BC and first brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.