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TIL the internet weighs as much as one strawberry.

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5YpBk TIL that the creators of Superman were inspired by the story of the golem, a Jewish tale about a superhuman protector made of clay created to protect the Jews of Prague from the pogroms
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b9P69 TIL that between 1968-99, Black, Latinx, and Asian American UC students led multiple strikes on campus to demand ethnic studies courses, fair admission practices, and scholarships for POCs.