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TIL that the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, the law abolishing slavery in the United Kingdom, was repealed in 1998 due to a restructuring of English law.

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PYDkJ TIL Vegemite, a food spread made of leftover brewery yeast, was banned in some Australian prisons to prevent inmates from making moonshine. Also, because Vegemite's high concentration of ions and water can be used to conduct electricity, it's currently being researched to make edible medical sensors
XE1B6 TIL: NPR CarTalk Tom Magliozzi's grave stone has "It's not hard work that killed him" inscribed in Latin.
R7Wlj TIL the last US President to fluently speak a foreign language was FDR (French and German).
GeQ7 TIL the “Confederate Flag” wasn’t an official flag, and was ridiculed by the founders of the Confederacy. It never flew as a state flag during the Civil War.
Lko9v TIL that most of the letters in the alphabet can be silent. Honestly I kinda thought it was only like K, T, B, H. Its weird how you don't really think about it. wack