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TIL Einstein once taught physics at a Historically Black College/University in Pennsylvania because he was passionately anti-racist

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R7XBw TIL that medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death. Medical examiners are medically trained but coroners aren't required to be medically trained. In many states, you only have to be of legal age and have no felony convictions to be elected coroner.
WmyL TIL that Jackie Chan’s first movie appearance, Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), was considered to be a lost film, as no known copies of the film existed. However, this was not the case, as on February 3rd, 2016, the entire movie was suddenly uploaded to YouTube.
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