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  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 11-Sep-2020 21:18:04 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    #TIL: The 27th Amendment to the US Constitution took over 200 years to pass. The push to get it done came about because of a bad grade on a college paper. https://www.npr.org/2017/05/05/526900818/the-bad-grade-that-changed-the-u-s-constitution [www npr org]
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      The 27th Amendment had languished for nearly 200 years before a Texas student made passing it a personal cause. The amendment was ratified 25 years ago this weekend.
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