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TIL the Equal Rights Amendment met all constitutional requirements for ratification in 2020, and the American Bar Association recommended immediate publication in 2024

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neMr9 TIL of Hawaii's "Forbidden Isle", an island bought by a Scottish woman for $10,000 in 1864. Access to the island or its 170 inhabitants requires special permission from the woman's great-great grandsons, who still own and control the island.
nWk1B TIL The decline of newspapers in the 21st century has had various adverse consequences. Research has linked newspaper closures to declines in civic engagement, increases in government waste, increases in political polarization, and increased nationalization of local elections.
VMDL4 TIL when Prohibition was enacted in USA, it took less than an hour for the first documented violation of it to happen
Bjjy TIL the Star Wars Cantina song is a genre called “Jizz” and the players are “Jizz Wailers”
BrOjx TIL the word "penguin" is of Welsh origin, and came into use as a synonym for the great auk, another flightless bird which is not closely related to penguins.