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TIL a high-school student sued his school district after they suspended him for three days for giving an innuendo-laden speech at a school assembly. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court.

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N7rXP TIL, in Ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death.
4eDb TIL Elephants have been observed to mimic human speech. One elephant, named Batyr, reportedly had a vocabulary of about 20 words.
ep6QL TIL The new year was celebrated on April 1 . In France it became known as Fish Day . A day to play practical jokes .
LknLp TIL that blood being blue until coming in contact with oxygen is a myth. Veins appear blue through our skin because red wavelengths are absorbed by our skin more than blue wavelengths resulting in the appearance of blue veins.
x6AXg TIL: During his opening of Japan to the America's through a show of force, Matthew C. Perry, during the signing event, followed the kabuki play with US military band music... and a blackface minstrelsy. He got $20,000 at the time for his work in Japan.