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TIL there has been a constitutional amendment that has been pending for 226 years

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KGGJ TIL there is a community in Canada that has achieved 97% of their heating through solar power.
ep7kg TIL about Rosie Ruiz. She was the "Winner" of the Boston Marathon in 1980 only to be found out that she cheated. She qualified by being a NY Marathon runner of which was found to be false as well. She was also convicted of fraud in 1982 and cocaine distribution in 1983.
0p5 TIL there is a plant that grows naturally near poison ivy that “cures” poison ivy rash before it starts.
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