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TIL a sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus “all-white” on purpose.

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1ab6V TIL that Gil Scott-Heron's song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was a response to the spoken-word piece "When the Revolution Comes" by The Last Poets and which opens with the line "When the revolution comes some of us will probably catch it on TV".
R7v1w TIL that taste and flavor are not the same. Flavor consists of taste, aroma, and texture. Taste is a component of flavor that is determined by taste buds on our tongue and soft palate.
QJxLL TIL dogs are so near-sighted (20/75 vision) that if they were human they would need guide dogs
7ropM TIL Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.
L9rr TIL that your probability of earning more than your parents in the US has progressively dropped since 1940