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TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth

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KY9vQ TIL: In 1795, Liberty Hall Academy admitted a student by the name of John Chavis, thereby making him the first African American on record to attend college, and later to become the first to be licensed by the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
MxEm TIL Coconut oil can prevent kidney diseases,reduces stress, prevents diabetes, develops the bone, makes teeth stronger, useful in treating Alzheimer’s disease and reducing viral susceptibility of HIV and cancer patients.
gM5mD Today I learned "Good Times" is a spin-off of a spin-off. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, itself a spin-off of All in the Family.
Oo5Z7 TIL of “telling the bees”, a European custom in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper’s lives, such as births or marriages. If the custom was forgotten then it was believed the bees would leave the hive or stop producing honey.
E1DZx TIL that Oxford, Mississippi was gifted a red double-decker bus by Oxford, England in 1994. Each year, the town has a long festival where they parade the bus around and eat barbeque.