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TIL that in Canada, women legally became people in 1929.

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VBwJ4 TIL The origins of hummus are hotly debated with the Lebanese, Turks, Syrians and Israelis all claiming to have invented the dish. International lawsuits and appeals to the UN and the EU have resulted from the so called 'hummus wars.' We do know the dish is likely about 700 years old
awyVL TIL: Allspice is an actual plant, not a blend of many other spices.
4xmg TIL: Teddy Roosevelt actually watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in 1865 when he was 6. In fact, there’s a photograph with a young Roosevelt sitting on a balcony as the casket went by.
Wk6Kd TIL that the insides of your cheeks are made of the same tissue as the insides of a woman's vagina.
GYJr5 TIL that detainees of Guantanamo Bay have access to Video Games