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TIL that Jimmy Carter signed the bill that made homebrewing legal in 1978. (It took effect in 1979)

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ZpXwY TIL that the person who invented the lobotomy also won a Nobel Prize for it
6EMwQ TIL During breeding season some ants grow wings to fly and procreate with different colonies... then once they're done the wings shed and then grow again next breeding season. However if they are no longer fertile, they won't grow wings ever again.
nevVP TIL that the American village of Hyder, Alaska is unique in that it is only accessible by land from Canada, and uses Canadian public utility services, border security, emergency services, telephone area code, and time zone.
JY9x8 TIL that as many as 1500 people died in a boiler explosion on the Sultana, a steam powered Mississippi riverboat. Largely forgotten, as Lincoln's assassin was found and killed the previous day, April 26, 1865.
YpGxB TIL blond hair among the dark-skinned indigenous people of the Solomon Islands is caused by homegrown genetic variants distinct from the gene that leads to blond hair in Europeans.