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TIL a 3rd grade teacher ran an experiment with her class after the assassination of Martin Luther King where she got kids to discriminate against each other on the basis of eye color

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j7VQ TIL biologists that have worked with Arctic wolves on Ellesmere Island, Canada over 25 field seasons describe ‘wolves as wimps’ as they are so gentle and caring for each other.
6oX8 TIL that in 1942, 13-year-old Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. Then his mother learned where he’d been and revealed his secret to the Navy.
BgZgr TIL Two-Time World Series winning manager Dick Williams got into such a heated fist-fight with one of his players he soiled himself.
0d1O5 TIL that in Mexico, the term "Cinco de Mayo" isn't commonly used. Instead, Mexicans call it "La Batalla de Puebla," commemorating the 1862 battle against French forces. While the U.S. has large celebrations, it's a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, mostly observed in the state of Puebla.
8apBL TIL Project Grizzly is a documentary about a Canadian man who, inspired by Robocop and a bear encounter, determined to make bear-proof body armor. In it he's beaten with 2X4s, thrown off a cliff, and slammed into by a truck at 50km/hr. It's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite documentaries.