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TIL that after the Supreme Court ruled inter-racial marriage legal, local judges in Alabama continued to enforce that state’s anti-miscegenation law (the same state that still refuses to issue same-sex marriage licenses)

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KOdW4 [TIL] Schools used to use the letter grade E for above failing [F] but got rid of the it because they were afraid parents would think it stood for excellent.
dDwrQ TIL Though they have ancient origins the modern western popularity of earth shelters was driven by the 1973 Oil Crisis and back-to-the-land movement. However the most earth shelters are in Northern China, where approximately 10 million people living underground.
VM9Pm TIL that during his research on heroin addicts for the film "Trainspotting" (1996), Ewan McGregor considered taking the drug, but decided not to. (Neon. p. 103)
oBBaY Short answer: You’re less distracted by your native tongue.
7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!