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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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M1Za TIL; Some Activists Accidentally Destroyed 15,000 year old cave paintings, mistaking them for “Graffiti”.
gMN57 TIL The Manchu–Han Banquet was one of the grandest meals ever documented in Chinese culinary history and consisted of (at least) 108 dishes served in six meals over the course of three days
Bgmey TIL optical brighteners are added to liquid laundry detergent so that your clothes appear brighter under the sun upon hanging.
eA1b TIL that a young entrepreneur secretly lived in AOL’s HQ for 2 months, eating free food, using gym & showers, sleeping in conference rooms while working on his start-up. Everyone assumed he worked there
wb17 TIL The Yellowstone National Park Bison Herd is the only population of American bison in the United States to have lived continuously in the wild from prehistoric times