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TIL President Carter sent his daughter to a majority black public school when in office.

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LkGwm TIL that for 11 years, Norway banned skateboarding
7rpZb TIL about "one of the biggest companies you've never heard of". Acxiom gathers information on some 700 m people, with up to 1,500 data points per person, for ultra targeted marketing. Down to the list of people who buy particular brands of cereal in your local supermarket.
kJWMm TIL there's a 4 gallon aquarium in France that mimics the conditions of an ocean zone that's over a mile under sea level
QJvg6 TIL of Pareidolia, the tendency of people to see faces, animals or objects in random data, such as clouds. The Rorschach test attempts to use this phenomenon to gain insight into a person's mental state.
QoJM TIL the only reason MLK was on the hotel balcony where he would be assassinated was because he was taking a break from a pillow fight in his room