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TIL: In 1986, Ronald Reagan signed an unfunded mandate (EMTAL Act) that requires emergency treatment for everyone, lack of health insurance notwithstanding, including undocumented immigrants.

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b6PQ TIL That the Voyager 1 spacecraft was launched AFTER voyager 2
wLBRo TIL that Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest capital city in North America, founded (1607) over a decade before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock (1620).
nxYb TIL that NASA, in fact, did NOT spend millions of dollars producing the space pen while soviet astronauts simply used a pencil.
VRDG TIL a study where stradivaris and new violins were blind-tested has shown that most people prefer the sound of the newer instruments
WRad TIL the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the WHO, the U.K. Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, and the EC have all concluded that GMO crops pose NO risk to human health. No case of human illness or allergy has ever been directly attributed to genetically modified crops.