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TIL people with epilepsy were forbidden to marry in 17 states, until 1956. The last state to repeal these laws happened in 1980.

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gMLRD TIL 71 new species were discovered in 2019. Among them are the gorgeous looking cat-eyed cardinalfish & a fish called Wakanda. There have been 1,375 new species discovered since 2010!
KYOLG TIL that Cambridge University classified a dog as a cat to get around its canine ban on campus
69XNW TIL of Dīn-i Ilāhī, a religion created by the Mughal emperor Akbar to settle religious disputes among his subjects. Only 19 people ever believed in it.
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9YrJ7 TIL that, once the Civil War began, Confederate general Robert E. Lee's plantation outside Washington DC was repurposed by the Lincoln administration to house a camp for escaped slaves. It contained a school, hospital, and cemetery, and it is now the site of Arlington National Cemetery.