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TIL About the 1993-4 Surgeon General, Dr Joycelyn Elders, a badass lady who was super ahead of her time, especially with her views on sex ed. Its a shame she was forced to resign...

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nbY9 TIL that ‘The Fuller Cut’ barbershop in Michigan, offers $2 off the price of a haircut for children, if they read to the barber while receiving the haircut, hoping to increase the literacy rate in the city, especially among the poorer families.
Ypygx TIL that Toots & the Maytals made an unsuccessful attempt to get in the Guinness Book by recording, pressing and distributing a new album in 24hrs. Despite the fact that they managed, they did not get the record because nobody had notified Guinness book organization prior to the event.
R6LQ TIL Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas had to abandon all of its land north of Missouri’s southern border to be added as a slave state. It then went unassigned to any territory for 45 years.
xV7WD TIL about a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, We start in 2019 and travel exponentially through time, witnessing the future of Earth, the death of the sun, the end of all stars, and ultimately the end of everything within the known universe.
mxl1Y TIL that a Japanese chemical company once polluted a bay so thoroughly that some sediment contained up to 2 kg of mercury per ton. This concentration made mining economically viable, and eventually the company set up a subsidiary to do just that.