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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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nLB7 TIL that Jan Amos Comenius, a Czech protestant pastor, was first to popularize the use of pictures in textbooks using charts, diagrams, and maps in his classroom. He supported equal opportunity for poor children and opened doors to education for women. He is considered the father of modern education
AdGn TIL that Florida police stopped a man 258 times and charged him 62 times with trespassing at his place of employment; he sued the Florida police for violating his civil rights and lost.
R5064 TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp
AEg7 TIL: Will Ferrell has a 7.8 Million dollar bird sanctuary
vRJr TIL that in addition to the “hidden” Gamecube start up sound (the one you can hear by holding ‘Z’ on the first controller as the console boots), there is a third start up sound that can be heard by holding 'Z’ on all four controllers at boot.