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TIL There is a national (US) grocery Best Bagger competition since 1987

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dD6WB TIL that the memorial sign dedicated to Emmett Till, a 14-year-old african-american boy who was lynched for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi in 1955, have had to be replaced four times because people kept shooting them full of bullet holes. In 2019, a bulletproof sign was finally erected.
R75A7 TIL The US Army Counterintelligence Office does not accept applicants with a history of employment in the Peace Corp, in order to foster trust between communities and the peace corp
XEngD TIL that "Free, White, and 21" was a Hollywood catchphrase in the 30s & 40s
6EPQw TIL that in 1969, Georges Perec wrote a 300-page novel called "La Disparition" which completely lacked the letter 'e'. It has since been translated into a dozen languages maintaining this limitation, including an English version entitled "A Void".
EgOYw TIL The last ship sunk by an Iceberg with loss of life was the MS Hans Hedtoft in 1959 during the return leg of her maiden voyage. She sank in 4 hours with the loss of all 95 people aboard.