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TIL In 1945 Frank Sinatra cancelled a $10,000 gig and traveled to Gary, Indiana to convince white high school students striking against integration to return to school. Sinatra called it “the most shameful incident in the history of American education.”

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QR1k TIL that the main difference between a brand drug and its generic equivalent is the cost of the product. A generic drug must contain the same active ingredients and must be equivalent in strength and dosage to the original brand-name product.
gMMyL TIL in November 1783, when he was in Paris, Benjamin Franklin witnessed the flight of one of the first hot-air balloons. As the balloon soared into the air, a spectator asked Franklin what this new invention could be used for. Franklin responded by saying “What good is a new-born baby?”
eprK6 TIL the dodo was not hunted to extinction. Its extinction was most likely the result of hurricanes, local floods, deforestation, and their eggs and young being eaten by pigs and monkeys.
mrQo TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.
Xya8 TIL The Stairway in Heaven joke in Wayne’s World made no sense in the television version because the iconic riff was replaced with generic guitar following a rights dispute.