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TIL that 8 members of the Little Rock Nine - a group of Black students who were prevented by angry mobs from enrolling in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas - are still alive.

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5njP TIL in the 1960’s the USA planned to test deadly nerve gas (VX and Sarin) on 200 Australian soldiers by bombing a chosen site in a Queensland forest. The plan was eventually vetoed by Aus PM.
D8Kv TIL 3000 year old honey found in an ancient Egyptian tomb hadn’t spoiled and was still edible.
4Xr5 TIL That picking your nose and eating your boogers is good for your immune system
VB0Pm TIL Peter Norman, the Australian silver medalist photographed in the iconic 1968 Olympics photo alongside two black athletes with a raised fist wore a badge in support of their protest, and turned down a lucrative job offer during the 2000 Sydney Olympics because he refused to renounce his actions.
GeAg TIL that scientists in Florida plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild. The males still mate with females, but the hatchlings die before adulthood due to the presence of the new genes.