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TIL Since 1835, the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations both have the right to send a non-voting delegate to Congress. They have never done so.

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a8w7Z TIL that Sesame Street was initially banned in several states, such as Mississippi, for casting black and hispanic actors.
87bZ TIL Getting a blowjob in a car is illegal in 13 states, with 15 years to life being the most severe punishment in the state of Michigan.
OkW4 TIL German scientists, during World War II, bureaucratically delayed the German A-bomb project until the Allies had won the war.
xV0A0 TIL in 1970 Nike offered Spencer Haywood either $100,000 or 10 percent of the company in exchange for promoting the company’s shoes. He chose the 100k over the stock that would be worth $8.6 billion today
5VlDk TIL that during the first 4 days after the United Kingdom entered World War II, over 400,000 dogs and cats — some 26 percent of London’s pets — were voluntarily put to death by their owners without any Government direction, due to fears that they could not be properly cared for during the war.