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EgGax
TIL when John Steinbeck published The Grapes Of Wrath in 1939, a farm worker with two leaders of California Associated Farmers publicly burned a copy of the book because he did not like what he heard about it, even though he had not read it. After reading it years later, he said he “had no regrets.”
8ePob
TIL about the thrifty scot stereotype, a dying trope where Scottish people are often characterized as exceedingly stingy
1anp8
TIL In 2000 the University of Wisconsin photoshopped a black man's face onto the cover of an admission booklet to make them seem more diverse. He sued and won $10million for diversity initiatives.