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TIL despite political rhetoric, immigration from Mexico into the U.S. is at it’s lowest level in over two decades

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N7y41 TIL In Medieval England, villagers mutilated the dead to stop them rising up. They were so afraid of the dead coming back, that they chopped, smashed and burned their bodies to make sure they stayed in their graves.
DQOXP TIL the state of Rhode Island had no constitution until 1843, instead relying upon the original Royal Charter from King Charles II. Because of a second constitutional convention in 1984, the charter remains the longest serving government of the state at 180 years.
e0WQk TIL In 2013, the French government overturned a 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers. According to the law, women needed permission from local police if they wanted to "dress like a man" and wear trousers.
WkPEd TIL that FDR's White House served notoriously terrible meals. First Lady Eleanor wanted to set an example for the country during the Depression by serving economical meals made from scraps
KYRV9 TIL in 1967, Singapore experienced a mass panic over shrinking genitals; hundreds of men ran to hospitals convinced their penises were retracting into their bodies due to “genital retraction syndrome”