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TIL that, back in 1883, the US Supreme Court said that anti-miscegenation laws (laws prohibiting whites and blacks from having sex with one another) do not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause because both whites and blacks are punished equally for engaging in interracial sex.
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TIL that when a massive star goes supernova, it produces a flash of light so bright that can equal the combined light of every other star in the galaxy. One such event happened in 1054, it was so bright the light was visible during the day for a month and was still visible for 2 years afterwards.
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TIL that Ben Franklin arguably invented the “Pros and Cons list” as a way of making decisions. In his original 1772 letter, he instructs one to cross out items from each column in pairs of equal significance, and then once one side has been exhausted, the other column yields the verdict.
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