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TIL Native Americans in the United States did not have the right to free speech, press, and assembly until 1968.

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O8Qg TIL to deter slaves from committing suicide by jumping overboard, the captain of a slave ship lowered a slave into the water with a rope then instantly pulled her out. Sharks had torn off the lower part of her body.
xVYLw TIL 'Saturn devouring his son' and the 13 other Black Paintings were never ment for public display. In 1819 Francisco Goya went into near isolation and painted the works directly onto the walls of his house. The haunting pictures reflect Goya's internal demons and civil strife occuring in Spain
Agjl TIL Everyone’s brain starts out as female. The brain of males begins to become masculinized around eight weeks after conception by the male hormone testosterone.
PY80L TIL that dentists & dental hygienists cannot tell if you’ve given a blowjob relatively recently, despite common assumption it doesn't causes unique soft palate damage
KO1DG TIL Despite being fourth in total landmass, the United States is first in arable (suitable for growing crops) land, followed by India, Russia, and China