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TIL "Ain't I a woman?" was never said by Sojourner Truth in her 1851 speech. Frances Dana Gage published an altered version of Truth's speech in 1863, which was often used in suffrage and abolitionist movements.

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ep0Nk TIL there is a pond at the North Pole that came into existence in 2002. It is the northernmost pond in the world.
v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
m1Z5R TIL the creator of the popular e-mail client Eudora named it after author Eudora Welty, for her short story "Why I Live at the P.O." If he had known that Eudora would become as popular as it did, he would not have presumed to name it after a (then) living author (she was pleased and amused)
R5RZQ TIL A fireproof, earthquake-proof and bulletproof home can be built with 14,000 plastic bottles and mud. They are being built in Nigeria, Algeria, Honduras, Brazil and Argentina.
b9nA7 TIL the Kinsey Reports on sexual behavior, considered to be among the most influential scientific books of the 20th century, were widely criticized for anonymously interviewing child molesters. Alfred Kinsey responded by saying it was necessary in order to solicit "honest answers on taboo subjects"