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TIL homeowners associations (HOAs) have their roots in Jim Crow-era policies, originally organized to impart restrictions on who moved into their neighborhoods along mostly racial lines.

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Mkpb TIL that Oriental Hornets are able to harvest the sun’s light and convert it to energy with their yellow stripes in their head and abdomen.
XEXjR TIL Stephen Marshall American-Canadian vigilante who searched publicly available Sex offender registries in the United States for the names and addresses of convicted sex offenders before traveling to Maine in the Northeastern United States and murdering two.
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