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TIL that Abortion Bans do not cut the abortion rate

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R7GZ8 TIL Blue eyes are not due to pigmentation, and actually appear blue due to their structure in the same way the sky does.
p8wrG TIL that the world is facing a global sand crisis because sand and gravel mining greatly exceeds natural renewal rate.
x61Wb TIL I learned that a cornerstone of the Robert E. Lee Memorial on Monument Avenue in Richmond included a time capsule containing, among other seemingly innocuous items, a picture of Lincoln lying in his coffin.
9wNPM TIL that the discovery of viruses started from a mysterious disease that affected tobacco crops in the Netherlands at the end of 1800s. A Dutch microbiologist named Beijerinck proved that filtrated sap from plants was still infectious, and called it "contagious, living fluid".
AKyd TIL that in 1914 there was an all Chinese baseball team that would tour America playing baseball. Their record for 1914 was 96 wins 61 lost and 4 tied