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TIL that in 1943 Black and white American soliders got into a firefight with each other after British locals refused to enforce the U.S. Army's racial segregation policies and allowed the Black soliders to drink at any pub in town

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Vyok TIL Internet cables that cross the Atlantic Ocean on the sea bed are only as thick as a Magic Marker Pen in deep seas. Sharks like chewing these cables though it’s not known why. Sharks can sense electromagnetic fields so they may be attracted to the current.
J1dP1 TIL In 1978, a bolt got lodged in a bottlenose dolphin's (named Mr. Spock) throat during tank maintenance. With surgery ruled out as too dangerous, Northen CA theme park, Marine World, reached out to the Golden State Warriors 6'9" center, Clifford Ray, to use his long arm to retrieve the bolt.
X0JvP TIL: That the singer Gabrielle covers her eye because of ptosis, the drooping of one eyelid, a condition she has had since childhood. In public, she covers her eye with sunglasses, an eyepatch, a hat or hair.
NXraM TIL Elytra, AKA the hard casing of beetle wings, were used in Mughal India and then later on in Victorian England to adorn clothing, like an early form of sequins.
neXgd TIL The music commonly associated with clowns in circuses was written by Julius Fucik. It was originally titled Entrance of the Gladiators and was meant to represent slaves marching into an arena to fight to the death.