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TIL that, from 1933 to 1945, more than two-thirds of the faculty hired at many Historically Black Colleges and Universities were Jewish refugees who had come to the United States to escape from Nazi Germany.

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OoK0R TIL Alan Rickman's signature sound was the result of a speech impediment when he could not move his lower jaw properly as a child.
J5yk TIL in 1962 Pres. Kennedy invited 49 Nobel Laureates for dinner at the White House. Kennedy remarked, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
16pDD TIL in 1990 a printer for the U.S. Naval Academy put the word “navel” on the graduates’ diplomas.
l79MK TIL “That’s Crazy”: Why You Might Want to Rethink That Word in Your Vocabulary - Penn Medicine
e0bDn TIL that every human being has a unique microbial identity. A microbial "trace" is left of us as we move about that is as unique a fingerprint and could one day be used in criminal forensics and bio-metric security.