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TIL Arizona canceled MLK Day in the 90s and Public Enemy fought back

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LQM5P TIL July 2 is the midpoint of a common year
MnM7 TIL Guantanamo Bay is sometimes nicknamed “Strawberry Fields” after the Beatles song because detainees could be held there “forever.”
axgA TIL 46% of the top 50 publicly traded firms in the UK have a British parliamentarian either as a director or a shareholder. That is more than in any other country, including Italy.
epWZ5 TIL Without eye movements, the human field of view is around 150 degrees vertically, and 200–220 degrees horizontally, out of which 114 degrees are covered by both eyes so offer depth perception
4XDrJ TIL of the fraternal birth order effect, which indicates that for every older male brother a man has, their odds of being attracted to the same sex increases by a third.