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vLwB TIL that when the American Civil War started, Confederate Robert E. Lee owned no slaves. Union general U.S. Grant did.
5Evr TIL Freedom of Speech clause of the US Constitution specifically refers only to the government restricting your freedom of speech, not other people.
XXak TIL that Salmonella grown in space is up to 3 times more deadly than Salmonella on Earth.
RO17 TIL Judge Alex Kozinski dismissed Mattel’s lawsuit over the song “Barbie Girl” with the line “The parties are advised to chill.”
VVd8 TIL that in 1990 the US Ambassador to Iraq was threatened with execution if he was harbouring Americans he responded with a press conference; where he wore a noose while declaring “If the choice is to allow American citizens to be taken hostage or to be executed, I will bring my own fucking rope"