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TIL That Mississippi Officially Abolished Slavery and Ratified 13th Amendment....in 2013

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5VVXQ TIL D-Day was originally supposed to happen on 5th June but meteorologist James Stagg persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to postpone by a day right at the last minute. The weather conditions had to be just right for the landings and planners took the tide, wind speed and even the moon cycle into account.
ZpGbv TIL that Jerry Springer died over a year ago! .... Seriously. Wtf?!
yQQrV TIL that Italian "wedding soup" comes from the Italian language phrase "minestra maritata ("married soup")," which is a reference to the flavor produced by the combination/"marriage" of greens and the broth.
gMDK4 TIL that Lego is the worlds largest tire manufacturer by number of units produced per year because of the Lego-tires
GY1mJ TIL Reporters Without Borders list the US as an Enemy of the Internet along with China, Russia, UK, North Korea, Iran and 13 other countries. These countries mark themselves out by their capacity to censor news and information online but also for their almost systematic repression of Internet users