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TIL that U.S. states used to conduct their own censuses.

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pjb4 TIL that larceny is basically the act of stealing someone’s property. Robbery is the act of larceny plus the element of force or intimidation. Burglary is larceny that involves an element of breaking and entering.
p8AKG TIL A South African veterinarian employed by the Apartheid government was engineering for them a virus that selectively sterilized only black people.
loAX1 TIL that Filipino churches built during Spain's colonial period used millions of egg whites in the concrete to make it more durable. This is also why Filipino desserts often use lots of egg yolks- many were developed to use up all the extra yolks from construction projects.
XEQLE TIL the capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam. However, it is not the seat of government (Den Haag; The Hague) nor the capital of the province it's located in (Haarlem).
4QkJ TIL of Archibald McArthur, a successful Wisconsin lawyer who took a vow of poverty, later moved to Florida at age 79, and left his family members each $5, while leaving his remaining fortune of $3 million in today’s money to a stranger he met on a park bench.