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TIL there are about 267 Union Civil War monuments and memorials, of which 10 are statues of Lincoln and 18 schools named after Lincoln

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6EbEY TIL of the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954, where members of the 442nd Regiment, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, CPUSA of Hawaii, IWLU and Plantation Unions worked together for better labor rights, to end the Republican dominance of the territory and the Big Five Oligopoly of the State
rEPM TIL In 2 episodes of the first season of The Simpsons, Lou the cop, was colored yellow. It wasn’t till Season 2 that they kept him black.
pLDA TIL that Nichelle Nichols did not dislike wearing Uhura’s very short Starfleet uniform on ‘Star Trek’ (1966-1969). She later said, “I was wearing them on the street. What’s wrong with wearing them on the air? I wore 'em on airplanes. It was the era of the miniskirt. Everybody wore miniskirts.”
DLbV TIL that the genre of music played in the Mos Eisley Cantina of the Star Wars universe is know as jizz
wop18 TIL that Hugh Laurie has 10 Emmy nominations and has never won. 5 of the nominations are for 'House, MD'