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TIL The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery EXCEPT as a form of punishment for crimes

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J1bjv TIL that the 1996 movie 'Hitler' has nothing to do with the Nazi dictator. The Indian action film is about a man nicknamed "Hitler" because he is tough and angry, who tries to protect his younger sisters from other men. 'Hitler' was the most-lucrative Malayalam-language movie in history.
mxBMR TIL: Eliminating tipping has no impact on service or food quality. But, customers reported lower satisfaction when tipping was eliminated - even when it resulted in the meal costing less - because they felt their power over the server was gone.
MYlW TIL For over three years a poor, illiterate Peruvian farmworker Maxima Acuña de Chaupe withstood violent eviction attempts, beatings and a legal battle to allow Colorado’s Newmont Mining Corporation to turn her land into an open-pit gold mine.
e06KE TIL Alcoholics anonymous co-founder, Bill Wilson, experimented with LSD. He found the experiences to be so life changing that he considered the use of LSD as a step of AA. He then removed himself from the AA governing body after backlash.
eGn6 TIL the woman who invented the Fidget Spinner has made no money since it became popular.