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TIL an Ohio court of appeals upheld that calling someone the n-word is not protected speech under the first amendment

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BgMVr TIL Medieval Pilgrims Apparently Tried to Ward Off the Plague With Bawdy Badges
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gxWy TIL The number of Americans who believed homosexuality is a sin actually went up between 2013-2014 (45%-50%)
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