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TIL The Terracotta Army remained underground for more than 2,200 years and was discovered by local farmers while digging a well in 1974 in Xi’an

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9YZpQ TIL in 1982 an American undergrad student argued that a constitutional amendment proposed in 1789 could still be approved by Congress. When he received a "C," he started a letter writing campaign and got the amendment ratified. His grade was changed to an "A" in 2016.
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