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X04eE TIL that during Dean Smith's tenure as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, 96.6% of his players received their degrees and he also helped pioneer desegregation by recruiting their first black scholarship player, Charlie Scott.
a1Eb TIL in the 1910s and 20s a young man who dressed fashionably to attract women but didn’t have much else going for him was called a “jellybean”
ADEb4 TIL that the longest unbroken alliance in world history is between England and Portugal. It has lasted since 1386, and still stands today.
4PpJ TIL that in 2000 Nestlé chairman and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe stated that “access to water should not be a public right.” While that statement was recanted, Nestlé continues to take control of aquifers and bottle their water for profit.
PYXkg TIL about the massive Irish Elk which had antlers up to 3.65m (12ft) wide and they existed alongside humans up to about 7,500 years ago.