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TIL that is was not until 2000 that the US census allowed individuals to report more than one ethnic identity.

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b6RrZ TIL a particular wealthy Roman named Spurius Maelius was executed and his house razed for giving discounted food to the poor
LJmm TIL that the highest paid state employee in the USA is Nick Saban, the Alabama football team head coach, making $7.09 million a year
neB4o TIL that Steve Jobs was half arab
v1yW7 TIL that in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey, a quota system limits students of any one country or linguistic region (e.g. English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries) to 10% of the school’s total population, which results in the 450 students coming from over 70 countries
mxgAo TIL Meriwether Lewis was the first naturalist to encounter grizzly bears firsthand. His terrifying accounts became the new standard scientific description of the species. Naturalist George Ord used these firsthand descriptions to name the bear *Ursus horribilis Ord meaning Ord's horrible bear