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TIL the term "woke" in it's modern context, referring to being "awake" or aware of social injustices, especially racism, dates back to the 1930s and was recorded notably in the 1938 song “Scottsboro Boys” by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly).

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Z8ZD TIL Bush’s African Aids program spends 2/3 of the money on abstinence only programs, will only give condoms to “high risk” groups, won’t support clean needles and while saving lives it could have saved millions more.
R7xW7 TIL that Michael Dorn has more on-screen appearances playing the same character (Worf) than any other actor in the Star Trek franchise: 282 episodes and four movies
e0pGD TIL one of the earliest and most famous Muslims to travel through New Orleans and the New World was Prince Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim ibn Sori. The Prince read the Bible and admired its teachings but said “His principal objections are that Christians do not follow them.”
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rNdMW TIL before his career took off, Patrick Swayze and his wife had a carpentry business. Though Swayze didn’t know much about carpentry at first, he learned a lot through books, and their business ended being very profitable. At one point, they even renovated the kitchen of actress Jaclyn Smith.