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TIL Mississippi was the last state to officially abolish slavery in 2013. Two medical school colleagues saw the movie “Lincoln” and got curious about the ratification of the amendment. After noticing the oversight, they pushed for the completion of the ratification.

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jEpn TIL that a man rediscovered a technique to shoot 3 arrows in 1.5 seconds (or 10 arrows in 4.9 seconds), one of many ancient and medieval archery techniques that were lost and were thought impossible by modern archery
6KnZ TIL that New York City doesn’t have sales tax for clothing items under $110
MAQV TIL In 2002 Boston orthopedist David Arndt, while performing complicated spinal surgery, walked out on his patient – who was lying on the operating table, anesthetized and sliced open – so he could go cash his paycheck before the bank closed.
awrrN TIL that the man responsible for inventing leaded gasoline, Thomas Midgley Jr, was also accredited for the introduction of the ozone depleting refrigerant Freon. Later in life, Midgley contracted Polio and subsequently died when he was strangled by the very device he designed to get him out of bed.
LQM6d Today I learned the Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate sports festivals held in ancient Greece. The four Games were the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean and the Isthmian games.