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TIL it’s illegal to force American Students to say the Pledge of Allegiance

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e06Z5 TIL That France was still executing people with the guillotine when the first episode of star wars aired
O9vg TIL the highly expensive paint “Ultramarine blue” is named not after it’s ocean-blue color, but instead means “from beyond the sea” (i.e. imported from Asia)
b6YNN TIL that other than the carbon in blood diamonds, tantalum is the only pure chemical element to face international sanctions requiring conflict-free sourcing
4XnRR TIL Ray Lewis grew up using a deck of cards to do push ups and sit ups. If he drew a 7 he would do 7. An ace was 25 and a Joker 30. He would go through the whole deck. In the nfl, he would do it 3 times for each exercise. Also the reason he wore 52 was because of the number of cards in the deck
77eL TIL Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma. They had 10 children; 3 died at a young age. Whenever they fell ill, Charles feared that they might have inherited weaknesses from inbreeding.