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TIL that Sojourner Truth's famous speech, "Ain't I a Woman", was altered by a white abolitionist, who rewrote her speech for publication in a stereotypical "southern black slave dialect". Truth actually grew up speaking Dutch and took pride in her "fairly correct English"

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LklDr TIL Offspring of some worm-like amphibians called caecilians allow their young to eat their flesh. The mothers of Boulengerula taitanus create a nutrient-rich fatty outer layer of skin after laying their eggs. When their offspring hatch, the babies scrape this layer off with specialized teeth.
woGnJ TIL Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Discovered
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R5vQ4 TIL employers in Idaho aren’t required to give rest or meal breaks, only have to pay tipped employees $3.35/hour, and only have to pay workers under 20 $4.25/hour
lJnA TIL A cult leader once gave 600 acres of land to God but the State of Pennsylvania took possession and sold it because the Almighty didn’t pay His taxes.