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TIL there’s an episode of Arthur that teaches censorship on television. For the entirety of the episode the children learn and use curse words toward one another!

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6E0oQ TIL farmer Wilmer McLean fled Virginia after the First and Second Battles of Bull Run occurred on his property and damaged his home. In 1865, his new home in Appomattox was selected by Colonel Marshall of the Confederacy to be the site of Lee's meeting with Grant, ending the war.
m1klp TIL: some states require a $5Million insurance policy to allow autonomous motor vehicle operation
9bkm TIL there is no such thing as a true one-way mirror; they are equally as reflective on each side, but one room is kept much darker than the other room, thus preventing the lighter room from seeing through it.
LA5P TIL Saladin, legendary leader of the Muslims during the Third Crusade, was Kurdish
BrRMK TIL Farmers sometimes put goldfish in a horses water trough to control mosquito and other insect larvae from producing