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n1KY Today I Learned Semen has Antidepressent Properties
xZZB TIL that Thomas Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence contained a passage attacking slavery, calling it an ‘execrable commerce’. The passage was removed due to pressure from Southern plantation owners and Northern slave merchants
1By4 TIL that Tulsa OK used have a “Black Wall Street” that was once the most economically prosperous black community in America. The community’s wealth was greater than that of surrounding white neighborhoods and was destroyed by envious whites on June 1, 1921 in just 12 hours during a race riot.
D1QRe TIL Apple engineers code-named the Power Macintosh 7100 "Carl Sagan." When Sagan sent a cease-and-desist letter, they changed it to "BHA" for "Butt-Head Astronomer." Eventually a settlement was reached and Apple released an apology. Their final name for the project was "LAW"- "Lawyers Are Wimps"
awN9L TIL The Greek philosopher Plato's real name is unknown, as "Plato" is his wrestling nickname