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TIL Karl Marx’ final words were “Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!”

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kJpAE TIL that in the 1970s and 80s, a group of Deaf children in Nicaragua created their own complex sign language from scratch.
rRNEw TIL that when Thomas Edison was confined to a wheelchair in the last years of his life, his friend Henry Ford bought one too, so that they could have wheelchair races
4kNv6 TIL that 99.9% of Calico Cats are female. If there is a male, it is usually sterile because it is a gene mutation.
wLKV1 TIL Mississippi was the last state to officially abolish slavery in 2013. Two medical school colleagues saw the movie “Lincoln” and got curious about the ratification of the amendment. After noticing the oversight, they pushed for the completion of the ratification.
xVldg TIL FM 107.1 Jackson, MS plays the same song on loop 24/7, no commercials for months. Currently playing Hotel California for 4 months.