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TIL That until the year 1991 it was illegal for bars to serve homosexuals. It was being actively enforced until a 1991 US District Court case struck it down.

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xwl0 TIL in 1982 a U of TX student received a C for a paper he wrote in support of the ratification of a 1789 amendment to the constitution regarding Congress’s pay because it was deemed “unrealistic”. In response he started a campaign to ratify it, and 10 years later it became the 27th amendment.
5KGB TIL The military spends more money on air conditioning than NASA’s entire budget
YpGnd TIL there's an underwater mountain in the middle Lake Superior that rises from the lake bottom (400 feet down) to as high as 21 feet below the surface. Some say Superior Shoal was responsible for the 1975 wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
69bVl TIL that when a building is framed perfectly by a street it appears to be magnified, same as when the moon looks huge on the horizon, but it is just an optical illusion mind trick. Check out the bizarre way St Peter's Basilica appears to shrink as you move closer in this short clip..
9Yy6D Today I learned that someone experiencing stress or anxiety can feel a tight pain in their chest similar to that of a heart attack