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TIL LeVar Burton played Kunta Kinte in the original "Roots" miniseries

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epMZD TIL That The Largest Bird Sculpture In The World Is In Kerala, India. The Sculpture Is Of The Mythical Jatayu In Hinduism, Who Was Slain Trying To Protect Sita Against The Demon King Of Lanka, Ravan.
GYmo5 TIL that the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson US supreme court decision, which upheld that segregation was constitution, has never been explicitly overruled. Technically, with the exception of education, segregation is still constitutional in the USA.
nLWd TIL The rock at the summit of Mount Everest is marine limestone and would have been deposited on the seafloor around 450 million years ago.
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