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TIL that an early draft of the Declaration of Independence included a passage written by Thomas Jefferson condemning slavery, but was struck out in compliance to South Carolina and Georgia.

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KYNRQ TIL: 60 to 80 percent of marriages among professional athletes end in divorce.
j6kdM TIL Michael Crichton was 6’9” and graduated from Harvard Medical School.
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KG8E TIL: NASA Deleted the first line of their mission statement in 2006……“to understand and protect our home planet”