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TIL when Michael Jackson wanted to fire his father as a manager in 1979, he sent Joe documents when he (MJ) wasn't home. When they met to discuss, MJ brought his advisor along so he wouldn't be alone with Joe. “The fact you can’t even talk to me unless you have this guy here. It hurts me, Michael"

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e0Q4E TIL of Sin Eaters. In parts of England, Scotland, and Wales up until the 19th century, when a person died the family would pay a man to eat a piece of bread off the deceased in order to absorb their sins, risking their souls for a few pence
5YpyB TIL that pigeons and doves are the exact same animals.
GYvw7 TIL during Poland's "Deluge," a Swedish Invasion that virtually destroyed the country, many whole libraries (including the Royal Library) were stolen, put on boats, and shipped to Sweden. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth became an "intellectual desert" and some of these books remain in Sweden.
mYXo TIL that Charleston, AR was the first southern school system to integrate (not Little Rock, AR.) When asked how it could be done without violence, an attorney named Dale Bumpers said, “We’ll just do it.” The board integrated the schools without announcing it to the press, and there was no violence.
oRZB8 TIL there are 4 species of giraffe and within the species, giraffes can also have a genetic condition called leucism which is a partial loss of pigmentation making them appear white with spots