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TIL from 1838-1976 it was legal to kill Mormons in Missouri.

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RbDQ TIL that the founder of the Mexican Mafia isn’t even Mexican
Oo5vL TIL the word "aint" was added into Webster's Dictionary in 1993, meaning it's been considered a legal word for over 26 years
R7bj9 TIL, the quietest room in the world measures at -9 dB, and will drive you mad. One reporter lasted up to 45 minutes, and most people leave after half that time, tortured by the eerie sounds of their own body.
5VOxn TIL about Aaron Feuerstein, CEO of Malden Mills who in 1995 decided to continue paying his 3,000 employees their full salaries after the factory burned down while the factory was rebuilt
9GKr TIL that armadillos of the genus Dasypus (the only ones found in the US) give birth to four genetically identical young that split from the same embryo; i.e. they always have identical quadruplets; they are the only known vertebrate animals to exhibit this “polyembryony”