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TIL Seattle has so few African Americans downtown due to racial restrictive covenants which lasted well into the 1960 preventing minorities from owning homes in certain neighborhoods.

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b9BOj TIL that the 1972 Novel “The Day of the Jackal” showcased an easy method of obtaining a fraudulent British passport, which was later used by the IRA and the KGB. This loophole went unclosed until 2007, and may have resulted in up to 1,500 fake passports being issued each year.
XEoQj TIL that eating a mango can alter a marijuana high.
d8pPd TIL that in the 50s and 60s, American chiropractors held a series of rather unusual beauty pageants where contestants were judged and winners picked not only by their apparent beauty and poise, but also their standing posture (backed with X-rays of their spines, of course).
8eEZ TIL Wikipedia had an entry with a list of proven conspiracy theories. They have deleted it and automatically delete all attempts at making new one. Here is an archive of the deleted list.
KkbG TIL a man was convicted and hanged in 1673 using the testimony of ghosts that appeared in dreams to witnesses.