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TIL Ohio was formally and retroactively admitted to the Union in 1953, after it was noted Congress had skipped a step in the process 150 years prior.

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DQome TIL that anthropologists have identified 7 'universal' moral rules found all around the world: help your family, help your group, return favours, be brave, defer to superiors, divide resources fairly, and respect others’ property.
W7xLo TIL, that in the US military, goats are commonly used to train combat medics. Goats have become the main animal species used for this purpose after the Pentagon phased out using dogs for medical training in the 1980s.
BKKk TIL that students in Karasjok, north in Norway dont get to stay home from school until its -50°C (-58°F). The school bus stops driving when it`s -38°C (-36°F).
jZwn TIL they finally finished burying the British Empire’s First World War dead in 1938. One year later, the Second World War would begin.
ANgd TIL there is a four man anti-poaching team permanently guarding a Northern White Rhino in Kenya