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TIL Alabama still has a segregation law in their constitution and voted not to repeal it as recently as November 2012.

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8apAG TIL that in 2013 a scientist injected human brain cells into a mouse brain, which improved the mouse's memory and capacity to learn
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16WA8 TIL that Corporate profits have tripled since 1980, from 5% of the economy to 15%. However, Corporate investment, on the other hand, is historic low.
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