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TIL Nikki Giovanni's only tattoo is "Thug Life".
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TIL while the U.S. grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, such a policy doesn’t exist in Europe. In Europe, being born in a country does not entitle you to automatic citizenship.
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TIL the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" probably originated as a riddle. The answer became so well known that we all just know Humpty is an egg now, even though he's never explicitly described as one in the rhyme.
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TIL about Arver v. United States, a U.S. Supreme Court decision which upheld the Selective Service Act of 1917. The court held that, citing Vattel's The Law of Nations (1758), a just government has a duty to protect its citizens, which obligates those citizens to render miliary service.
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TIL that Jeff Bezos earns over 2400 USD per second meaning it would barely worth his while to stop and pick up a hundred dollar note.
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TIL That The Star-Spangled Banner was originally a British drinking song