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TIL that Native Americans are systematically denied access to the voting system, thus excluding them from the democratic process

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XomD TIL Of the police beating of Robert Leone, an innocent man arrested and tortured for 2 ½ years. The officers are still free, Robert is still in prison.
ZpALa TIL Female Kangaroos Have Three Vaginas. Marsupials, including the most popular one, the kangaroo, are equipped with a total of three vaginas. Three vaginas, two uteri, all there to serve their own joey-bearing purpose.
1a7gr TIL jesters were asked to tell bad news to the king that no one else dared deliver. The best-known example was in 1340 after the French fleet was destroyed by the English. The French King's jester told him the English sailors "don't even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French".
4k8oN TIL about the hindu goddess Kamadhenu, mother of all cows and a deity who is considered a miraculous cow of plenty. She was depicted as a white cow with wings, a female head and boobs and tail of a peafowl.
YpXPW TIL That jelly doughnuts and latkes are traditional Hanukkah snacks. The oil they are fried in represents the oil that lasted 8 days. Happy first day of Hanukkah!!