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TIL that the state of Mississippi didn't ratify the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery until 2013 and it only happened because somebody watched the movie "Lincoln" and was curious about the amendment.

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VZkm TIL: When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, a Massachusetts church feared he would impose his French “religious infidelity” on the country – so their pastor delivered a “Mammoth Cheese” to the White House inscribed with a quote from Jefferson: “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”
QJ0k6 TIL that William Morris, famous for the arts and crafts movement in decor, manufactured wallpaper containing arsenic and dismissed anu claims that arsenic made people ill. He was also the owner of a major arsenic manufacturing plant.
Jjxj TIL that in Chicago circa. 1858, multi-story wooden-frame buildings, sometimes entire rows of them, were put on rollers, businesses kept open, and moving them to the outskirts of town was so common as to be considered nothing more than routine traffic.
1aYND TIL The US Government passed the Stolen Valor Act in 2005. The Act made it illegal to wear or falsely claim to have received any military medal or decoration without authorization, including the Medal of Honor. However, the Act was later ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth Circuit Court.
6NY7 TIL Jesse Heiman from the GoDaddy commercial was given an offer from a porn company to be in a film of his choosing. He responded with “Think I’ll hold out for Playgirl.”