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TIL it is unconstitutional for the state of Texas to be in debt.

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EbZX TIL: FDR changed the date of Thanksgiving to make the Christmas shopping season longer.
Omw6 TIL that a man charged people up to “one billion dollars” to teach them how to survive on breathing alone. When caught eating junk food, he claimed that diet coke and McDonalds cheeseburgers help him “maintain balance” and hold “special 5D properties”
Ood6R TIL the pyramids weren't built by slaves but paid workers, who often left graffiti on unexposed areas of the pyramids identifying their crews, like "The Drunkards of Menkaure"
E8E0 TIL that it actually does rain more over the weekend because heat and pollution from midweek work traffic prevents moisture from forming, but on weekends when there is no traffic it rains.
p8ePZ TIL that the flags planted on the moon (Apollo 11) were purchased by a NASA secretary who went to Sears and bought off-the-shelf nylon flags for $5.50 USD (1969). These flags are still “flying” and held aloft by their poles.