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TIL: Michigan had a state-wide school contest to re-design their "I Voted" stickers

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d8xaj TIL The 1877 novel Black Beauty was a watershed for the recognition of animal cruelty, especially horses, as an important issue. It spurred reforms in both the US and England, leading to the abolishment of the “bearing rein”- a cruel Victorian device that severely damaged the necks of horses.
X0MNR TIL that the last time the US declared war was against Germany and its allies during World War 2
Eg0ww TIL that Eminem once had his own cartoon show called The Slim Shady Show
9YRRD TIL Warren Buffett disowned his son Peter's adopted daughter, Nicole, in 2006 after she participated in the documentary "The One Percent", about the growing economic inequality between the wealthy and the average citizen in the United States.
GYdQ5 TIL that during the Black Death, the physician to the Papacy recognized that bloodletting was ineffective, but he continued to prescribe bleeding for members of the Roman Curia, whom he disliked. He also claimed that all true cases of plague were caused by astrological factors, and were incurable