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TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the only US President confirmed to have had a tattoo

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jNmmv TIL that in 1970 a grass roots organization known as the Committee to End Pay Toilets in America was launched by mathematician Ira Gessel due to his frustrations over public pay toilets'. He was largely successful in pressuring city councils, lik Chicagos to eliminate the condition to pay for relief
Ra79 TIL that the Ku Klux Klan successfully adopted a road in Missouri. The Missouri state legislature fought back by renaming the road after civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
MJMA TIL that Spock’s quote, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” was cited in a Texas Supreme Court decision.
16e98 TIL that the Y chromosome is passed almost unchanged from father to son, which is how scientists were able to trace a vast number of direct male descendants back to Genghis Khan.
woDpJ TIL a common black garden worker ant lives 1-2 years, and the queen 15+