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TIL Thomas Jefferson supported rewriting the Constitution every 19 years, and equated not doing so to being ‘enslaved to the prior generation’

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EjZx TIL Suicides fell by 40% on weekends after IDF soldiers were stopped from taking their guns home with them on weekends.
pKdO TIL House of Cards had such an impact on British culture that some of the phrases including “You might very well think that; I couldn’t possibly comment” started to be used in the House of Commons.
78r7Z TIL in the early 20th century, mother's pensions were used to help poor mothers in the US stay at home so they could take care of their children. During this time period, it was common for poor women to give up their kids to orphanages. These cash payments were intended to prevent that.
YkVx TIL that, in October 2012, Boy Scouts of America was forced to release 20,000 pages of documentation on 1,200 cases of child sex abuse. They had allegedly been helping to cover up about 1/3 of those cases.
wR8E TIL During WW2, the German Army planted the Nazi flag on the highest mountain in Europe, Mt. Elbrus. When Hitler was told, he was so furious about the “frivolous achievement” that he threatened to court martial the General who ordered the feat.