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TIL the original text for the 13th amendment included the clause that “All persons are equal before the law” but was changed over concern it would recognize women as equal persons.

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mx8Qo TIL Bed Bugs almost went extinct. Before governments started banning it, DDT insecticide was the best bed bug killer available. It drove their numbers down to near extinction. Over time, populations of Bed Bugs began developing DDT resistance. Even if we started using DDT again, they're now immune.
QJjeE TIL Gonads are an actual medical term
WA7o TIL that the “American” flags at Disney’s Magic Kingdom intentionally contain less than 50 stars so that they don’t have to be taken down in poor weather or lit up at night.
YpyG TIL that a 14 year old boy from Malawi built a windmill for his home and figured out on his own how to harness the power from the windmill to have electricity and pumping water in his house.
vPyK TIL the word “decide” has the same partial etymology (-cide) as homicide, regicide, pesticide. Basically, it means to determine by killing off choices.