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TIL Mississippi didn’t lift its ban on interracial marriage until 1987.

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4Z8o TIL Humans’ and Dogs’ brains have evolved to understand each others’ vocalizations to some degree, including dogs understanding human laughter.
AdPx TIL that a Roman general named Marcus Crassus created Rome’s first firefighting crew with a team of 500 men. His team would respond to a fire, and then Crassus would force the owner of the burning building to sell him the property at an exorbitantly low price, or let it burn to the ground.
oXPK TIL that Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the hosts for Mythbusters, never liked each other.
RLgw TIL that Glucose (Sugar) has an opposite “handed” isomer L-glucose, that tastes identical and isn’t metabolized as sugar, also safe for diabetics. Unfortunately, L-glucose costs 50% more than gold.
78MNx TIL that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO in 1969