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TIL Los Angeles has an abandoned subway system

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ANdo7 TIL the Palmarian Catholic Church, a heretical sect, founded in Spain in 1978, claims to be the true Catholic Church with its own line of popes, starting with Clemente Domínguez, and imposes cult-like restrictions on its members, including bans on television, smartphones, and contact with outsiders.
Xr9k TIL Nichelle Nichols was talked out of quitting her role as Uhura on ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ by Martin Luther King Jr., because showing a black woman working alongside white men would help to achieve racial equality.
m1XME TIL Only humans have a uvula
W771N TIL that for more than 50 years, Chicago Public Schools required that Male Students be nude while attending Swimming Classes. Female students were allowed to wear swimsuits.
lo97K TIL African dodger (or Hit the Coon or Hit the N***** Baby) was a carnival game played in the US, in which an African-American man would stick his head through a curtain, and try to dodge objects, such as eggs or baseballs, thrown at him by players. It was played until the 1950s.