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TIL A Barcelona Opera Reopened From Their Pandemic Closing With An Audience Of Plants

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0dZg1 TIL that loganberries aren't a separate species of berry, but are a cross between blackberries and raspberries.
kY6W TIL that the United States is the only high-income country (and one of eight in the world) that does not provide paid maternal leave.
gMaVy TIL that the scientist who created one of the earliest racial classification systems believed that none of the races were inherently inferior to the others, nor that colored peoples were uncivilized. His classification system became very influential but his opposition to racism was mostly ignored.
kOrlB TIL that in 2006, King of the Hill was awarded by Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) for their positive portrayal of Asian Americans
mA8Y TIL Emanuel Bronner of “Dr. Bronner’s Soaps” was a German-born Jew who escaped the rise of Nazism. His last correspondence from his parents was a postcard that read “You were right. —Your loving father.” They died in the concentration camps.