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TIL the blanket octopus is known to rip off the venomous tentacles of the Portuguese man o’ war to use them as weapons

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DmAv TIL that from 1936-1966, black Americans going on a road trip often used a “Negro Motorist Green Book” that would list businesses that sold to black people. The book helped travelers avoid one of 10,000 “sundown towns”, places it was the law that all non-whites had to leave the town by sundown.
loQG TIL Curiosity’s average traveling speed is so low, that it would take 3 hours and 40 minutes for it to travel across a football field (endzones included)
OPGL TIL of the ESPN show Playmakers. It was their first original drama series depicting the lives of an American football team. Despite high ratings, the show was cancelled after 11 episodes due to pressure from the NFL, who thought the show negatively portrayed pro football players
OooXL TIL potatoes and corn came to Spain from the Americas. Prior to this, chestnuts and acorns were the base food used to make flour and many traditional dishes.
eOlD TIL there is controversy over whether Cinderella’s shoes are made of glass or of squirrel leather, the two words being homophones in French (vair/verre)