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TIL President Abraham Lincoln feared the long term effects of unrestrained corporations and capitalism that “play on the prejudice of the people” more than the effects of the civil war.

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DQLEj TIL that kids don’t have solid, fully-formed kneecaps until 10-12 years old. 🤯 Explains why babies can crawl almost anywhere without pain.
GBM5 TIL:Ernest Hemingway survived,anthrax,pneumonia, dysentery,diabetes,high blood pressure,two successive plane crashes that resulted in ruptured kidney and liver, broken skull, second degree burns, and numerous other accidents, then won the Nobel Prize in Literature and eventually committed suicide.
vomr TIL there are prime numbers that are illegal to possess or distribute. One of the first ones, found in 2001, was used to bypass copyright protection on DVDs.
7nKL TIL that 28 US states have an official state beverage. 21 of those 28 chose milk. Alabama chose whiskey.
GOYJ TIL that the Hollywood sign was modified to read ‘Hollyweed’ after some pranksters added $50 of fabric to it. On January the 1st, 1976