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TIL "Jazz" was originally "Jass" but the term was changed because children and some adults could not resist the temptation to scratch the letter "J" from the posters

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wLBVM TIL about pack horse librarians that serviced the Appalachian communities (e.g., rural Kentucky) in the mid 1930s to early 1940s who were mostly women who rode on horses or mules to deliver library books to remote communities during the Great Depression.
RRxQ TIL If a Google Employee dies, their spouse gets half pay for 10 years
mb9p TIL in 1953 a hotel drained their pool after black actress, Dorothy Dandridge, touched the water
oEXL TIL: The last time the Houston Astro dome hosted the Super Bowl in 2003, was vaunted as the “Greatest Super Bowl of all Time” It’s also when Janet Jackson had her live “nipslip” performing w/Justin Timberlake. A guy frustrated trying to find clip the next day had a decent idea and created YouTube.
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