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TIL Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence contained a passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown.

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JYNg4 TIL that the term "Going Postal" originated in the USA in 1990s following a several incidents from 1986 onward, in which individuals working for the United States Postal Service workers shot and killed fellow workers and members of the public.
7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!
4kva TIL 18 year old Aaron Deveau of Haverhill, MA was found guilty for motor vehicle homicide by texting, June 2012. Possibly the first in the United States. Sentenced 2 years in prison and loss of his license for 15 years.
LQx1Z TIL about BonziBUDDY, a free virtual desktop assistant created in 1999. People called it spyware after it was found out to have collected user's personal information before serving them pop-up ads. Because of this, it had to pay $75k in fines, and was discontinued in 2004.
kOX1e TIL West Indies got its name in 1492 because of a confusion. Christopher Columbus sailed west to find India but he landed in the Bahamas and mistook it for India.