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TIL on 1962, Mississippi Senate expressed its "complete, entire and utter contempt for the Kennedy administration and its puppet courts" about the integration of Ole Miss, when protesting against the admission of James Meredith

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y6xw TIL that angry New Hampshites tried to use eminent domain to build a hotel on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Souter’s childhood home, purely out of spite for his support of eminent domain.
kOeNg TIL That “one nation under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance during the Eisenhower administration and has only been in place for 65 years
dDZ8 TIL pumpkins are technically considered berries
ZpX7B TIL: Canada's Fucked Up appeared on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 7 Episode 17 "Holiday Special" performing "Jingle Bells" (December 12, 2011)
6E64Q TIL about the Shope papilloma virus, a virus that can cause rabbits to grow "horns" on their head. This may have led to the myth of the jackalope