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Today I learned that Minnesota is the only US state with a French motto

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mkWo TIL that as a result of a 20-year-old online joke that the German city of Bielefield doesn’t actually exist, the city released a press statement titled ‘There Really is a Bielefeld!’. However as it was released on April 1st, this humorously only added to the conspiracy.
epjAg TIL Under pressure from catholic circles, laws against the exploitation of Native Americans in the colonies were in place as early as 1512, and eventually the Pope entirely outlawed their enslavement, which produced an even more pro-native set of laws. They were largely ignored/opposed by settlers
L4or TIL the Texas capitol once held a poll to rename their waste disposal department. The winning entry was ‘The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts.’
VBODD TIL that all the writings of the Greek philosopher Leucippus have been lost except for one sentence: “Nothing happens at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity”
b6lvN TIL that Spain didn't become a Democracy until the mid 1970s