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TIL that due to the Jay Treaty of 1794, Native Indians born in Canada have the right to live and work in the US

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J1AnQ TIL: Black people with blond hair occur naturally in the islands Melanesia
wLoao TIL: Mercury was required for felting fabrics, especially hats. Hatters in the 1800’s had chronic mercury toxicity that caused mental instability thus dubbing the term “mad hatters disease” or “mad as a hatter”- and was the primary plight that Louis Carroll developed the mad hatter character around.
KkLa TIL leafcutter ants do not eat leaves. They combine chewed-up leaves in their lair with their feces to cultivate a type of fungus, which the ants can eat.
j6oZp TIL Of the vegetable lamb of tartary. How northern Europeans explained cotton in the middle ages.
yQYdX TIL that some countries and provinces, prominently German and Quebec, still abide by brewing laws that were adopted during the Holy Roman Empire way back in 1516.