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TIL: the word “Gauze” is derived from Gaza because this ancient city was known for making very fine fabrics

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E1nbV TIL Rosa Parks didn't actually refuse to sit in the back of the bus. She was sitting in the back of the bus but refused to give up her seat in the "colored section" to a white passenger, after the whites-only section was filled.
e0y8E TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
J1DZk TIL in 1991 a British man who'd been swimming in the sea with a male wild dolphin was charged with indecency and sent to Crown Court for his treatment of the dolphin. The jury unanimously declared him innocent, leading his local MP to declare: ''This is the most ridiculous case I have heard of."
VBBP0 TIL that during the recording of the Paul McCartney and Wings album "Back to the Egg", the iconic Abbey Road Studio Two became unavailable. Frustrated at the studio's unavailability, McCartney had an exact replica of Studio Two built in the basement of his company's headquarters in London.
OogZe TIL Lake Superior is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New Hampshire combined.