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TIL that from 1936-1964 there was a travel guide for African Americans that listed integrated or black-friendly establishments.

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mxNxE TIL that Madagascar has a larger population than Australia by almost a million people. Madagascar has a population of 25,570,900 while Australia has 24,598,930.
WkwGo TIL that Isaac Asimov died of AIDS complications and his family covered up the cause of death for 10 years. He had contracted AIDS from a transfusion during heart surgery in 1977
5VP19 TIL: The image where the tongue folds the tip backwards and goes all the way into the nasal passage way is real- its name: Khechari Mudra.
jNaGp TIL that the sounds we hear in nature documentaries,including popular ones like Planet Earth II,are almost always created by Foley artists in studios with commonplace objects.Eg.Magnetic film tape are used to create the sound of a spider walking and a slinky to make the web shooting sounds.
VMWM8 TIL that Tucker Carlson, before joining journalism, had applied to the CIA but his application was denied.