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TIL it took over two centuries for the 27th ammendment, the one banning congress from giving themselves mid term pay raises, to become law.

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dm5K TIL That when caterpillars go through metamorphosis they, essentially, melt into soup and re-form their body from there.
Meb9V TIL King Charles II escaped Cromwell's forces by hiding in an oak tree. It is commemorated by Royal Oak Day in England on May 29th. The oak tree has since been destroyed by tourists who wanted a piece of the tree in the 17/18th century, but a son tree is in its place
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