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TIL According to the Smithsonian, 7-Eleven was the first retailer in America to install self-serve beverage stations

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XEMx8 TIL Alabama still hasn’t removed segregation from it’s constitution. Section 256: “Separate schools shall be provided for white and colored children, and no child of either race shall be permitted to attend a school of the other race.”
gr74L TIL That women in the Etruscan society had a much higher social status than their counterparts in ancient Greece and Rome.
g1ED TIL the texas GOP had once rejected the teaching of higher order of thinking (critical thinking skills) out of fear of students challenging fixed beliefs and parental authority.
BgV9L TIL that Hasbro released a version of Monopoly specifically for millennials that among other things claims "Forget Real Estate, You Couldn't Afford It Anyway", and features Mr. Monopoly wearing polarized glasses, and holding coffee with a cardboard sleeve
9Y1e6 TIL the reason why the top trim Toyota Tundra is named 1794 Edition is because the ranch that used to be on the land Toyota's Texan factory occupies was founded in 1794.