Post * d8n4j — Curious Curator

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TIL of Osborne v Ohio, in which the United states supreme court ruled 6-3 that possession of child pornography can be banned. Justices William Brennan, John Paul Stevens, and Thurgood Marshall dissented, arguing that possession of child porn is a constitutional right.

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M7oKW TIL: In the first half of the nineteenth century, thousands of black Americans fled from slavery and prejudice. They sailed to West Africa, and 1847 founded the nation of Liberia: a black ethnostate meant to be a haven for African Americans.

ODdR TIL since its introduction in 1998 and extensive combat use, the only thing that’s ever destroyed the British Challenger 2 was another Challenger 2.

VrP8 TIL since 1981, Mexico does not extradite to countries that are seeking the death penalty, and has successfully defended 400 of its citizens charged with a capital offence in the United States.

e0m0D TIL US Presidents are prohibited by the Secret Service from going to the top of the Gateway Arch in St Louis, MO

e0YlL TIL that 80% of books published 1924-63 never had their copyrights renewed and are now in the public domain