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neX5G Til that Harvard student and seminarian Jonathan Daniels traveled to the south to aid the civil rights movement. He was walking with a black girl when a deputy pointed his shotgun at her. Daniels jumped in front of her, sacrificing his life so that she could live.
QJkJ9 TIL that the first historical record of a YO MOMMA joke was 3,500 years ago by a Babylonian student, chiseled onto a cuneiform tablet.
J1dEk TIL that a chain restaurant did not want to move into Taylor County, Florida due to an anti-incest billboard that had the slogan "She's your daughter. Not your date." Some members of the Taylor County economic board wanted it taken down but agreement was made to let it remain until the lease ended.
gm17 TIL Bob Dylan was arrested for walking around a neighborhood outside of New Jersey in the pouring rain. Residents called reporting a strange man lurking around. The 24 yr old cop had no idea who he was even after he told her his name.
XmXP TIL That Harry Caray kept a diary to keep track of all the bars he attended and drinks he had in 1972.