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TIL USA has broken, changed or nullified all treaties made with native Americans.

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xVeWw TIL that on March 13th, 2007, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution stating that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican skies. The Illinois Senate passed a similar resolution in 2009.
8oWL Today I learned that not all moons are spherical. For example, Saturn has a moon named Pan that is shaped like a ravioli.
e0jK5 TIL lithium metal must be stored under argon as it can burn in a pure nitrogen atmosphere (no oxygen present) to form lithium nitride. Other reactive metals like sodium and potassium, however, do not react with nitrogen.
VMXj8 TIL The first Back to the Future script was rejected 40 times before Universal bought it. Disney declined after saying it was a “movie about incest” referring to the scene in which Marty kisses the 18-year-old version of his mother.
l7o55 TIL the term 'computer' used to mean humans who performed tedious, repetitive calculations by hand. Many of whom were women and some became the early programmers in a time when men refused to code because it was seen as "woman's work"