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TIL There is a bill aimed to protect Texans who record cops.
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TIL In his music, Bach often incorporated a succession of notes which in German musical nomenclature reads B A C H.
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TIL of Verona Rupes, a cliff face located on Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus. At 33,000 feet, over six miles tall, it is the highest point known to man. Falling from the top would take a full 12 minutes.
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TIL infamous cult leader Jim Jones was one of the first people in Indiana to have a desegregated congregation which also aided in desegregating local businesses and restaurants through peaceful protests. Throughout his early life he was very passionate about civil rights.
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TIL: The expression ‘mad as a hatter’ is based from the real-life behavior of hatters from the 17th century. It wasn’t until 1941 that hatters discovered that the mercury they used to make hats was poisoning them and making them insane.
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TIL about Winston County, Alabama, which during the American Civil War attempted to cede from the Confederacy and become a free republic, as the lack of any plantations and resulting rarity of slaveholders in the region gave the locals little reason to sympathize with the rebel cause