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TIL The 13th Amendment to Abolish Slavery was voted 100% in favor by Republicans but only 20% in favor by Democrats

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0d7R TIL - Male mice sing an Ultrasonic “love ballads” as a means try and court female mice.
neK99 TIL De Armas’ breakout role as Paloma in No Time To Die was written specifically for her by director Cary Joji Fukunaga, who had been a fan of hers for years.
aVx9 TIL That rain can cause cherries to split or mold while ripening, ruining the entire crop. Water collects in the divot where the stem attaches to the cherry. After a rain, cherry growers will hire helicopters to fly low over the cherry trees to dry off the cherries and shake the tree branches.
loPgK TIL in Detroit in 2012 a gunfight broke out during an argument over who makes the best Kool-Aid.
V0WG TIL the Supreme Court ruled the patents of breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 by Myriad Genetics invalid. These patents previously allowed Myriad to control the price of diagnostic testing and limit any research on the breast cancer genes.