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TIL the Supreme Court Ruled that Stripping Someone of Citizenship is ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Punishment, Prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution

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jNO0v TIL that daddy long legs are not the most venomous spider and actually belong to the order of opiliones. Although they are arachnids they are more closely related to scorpions then spiders and do not have any venemous glands
KYdlw TIL the first media report about the shift from lighters to the cellphone was a U2 concert in Chicago in 2005.
WkeJL TIL: China accounts for 40% of the tobacco consumption worldwide. 52 percent of adult Chinese men smoke.
orQ7 TIL Rhea Perlman moved in with Danny DeVito two weeks after meeting him in 1971, and they have been together ever since.
RZmQ TIL Matt DeHart, hacker associated with Anonymous, discovered that the CIA played a role in the 2001 anthrax attacks. After he released this information, the CIA and FBI put warrants out for his arrest, illegally detained him, tortured him, charged him with possessing Child Pornography.