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TIL Murray Rothbard believed that parental rights to children should be traded as consumer goods, suggesting the creation of a "flourishing free market in children".

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W7y6o TIL the paintings of Washington crossing the Delaware were by a German artist, and the original was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1942.
xVX47 TIL that during Hiroshima, the Gingko trees that were growing 1 to 2 km from the explosion of the atomic bomb survived the blast and quickly became healthy again. Those trees were some of the few living things that survived and are still alive today.
v1roB TIL that if a service dog approaches you without their person, you should follow them as their person is likely in danger and in need of help
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