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TIL that Abortion Bans do not cut the abortion rate

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Wkp9B TIL that animals re-evaluate what they experienced during the day in their sleep and thereby secure knowledge, meaning they have dreams as complex as a human's.
LVYP TIL 400,000 ex-rental cars are sold in the UK every year. Many are tagged as vehicles with “one previous owner”.
a8MN0 TIL that in ancient times, the Spanish town of Sagunto was known as "Arse".
b8oE TIL that 95% of the avocados on sale in the world are descended from a single tree planted by Rudolph Hass, a Milwaukee postman, in 1926.
GAwMQ TIL about the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War and a resounding example of how far the ruling elite will go to quell any attempt to challenge their hegemony, including calling upon the U.S. Army.