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TIL that in 1964 The Beatles helped fight racism by refusing to perform to a segregated audience, one of the first major steps to abolishing the rule

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QN4Le TIL: The Graveyard of the Pacific is a place where 2,000 ships have wrecked and more than 700 lives have been lost. This is due to unpredictable weather conditions, including storms and fog, and dangerous coastal characteristics, including shifting sandbars, tidal rips, and rocky reefs.
jNBMQ TIL the inventor of the Erector Set also released an "Atomic Energy Laboratory" that included real uranium ore. One suggested activity was to play "hide and seek with the gamma ray source" by using the included Geiger counter to find a radioactive sample hidden in a room.
yQbYl TIL that the area code for Cape Canaveral, Florida, is 321, due to it sounding like the countdown for the liftoff of a rocket.
awrpo TIL that the CIA's operations in Cuba were so heavily compromised that the Cuban government released a 6-part TV series showing clips of US agents engaging in "undercover" espionage.
O4gY TIL that the car brand Cadillac was named after French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.