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TIL that the Bald Eagle, long a symbol of the United States, was not officially proclaimed the National Bird until yesterday

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jNpoX TIL Panty Raids, where huge groups of men would raid the women’s dorms to steal their panties, became a massive college fad during the 1950’s. The raids, often cheered on by the women who opened windows tossing out lingerie, even resulted in a 3000 man raid at Berkeley costing 12,000$ in damage.
OwPg TIL that Sonny Bonno’s political legacy is the Copyright Extension Act of 1998 (derisively called the Mickey Mouse Protection Act), which extended copyright of creative works by an additional 20 years, and is referred to by many scholars as the most naked act of corporate greed in U.S. history.
bmm9 TIL: Matt Stone and Trey Parker named most all of South Park’s characters after their family members
kOv0B TIL German art student hand-illuminated Silmarillion in the style of medieval monastery book
KL7R TIL Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 7 months were longer than that of any other british monarch in history and the longest of any female monarch in history.