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TIL there is a beverage in developement that will contain every known essential nutrient for the body, eliminating the need to eat.

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0Eo5 TIL that “Our Gang” (a/k/a “The Little Rascals”) prominently put boys, girls, whites and blacks together as equals, something that had never been done before in cinema. Ernie Morrison (“Sunshine Sammy”) was the first African-American actor signed to a long-term contract in Hollywood history.
PYQ6V TIL in 1719 prisoners in Paris were offered freedom at the condition they would marry a prostitute and move to Louisiana.
dDLjZ TIL the construction of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was finished in 1880 after 632 years of work
ylNJ TIL the Red Swastika Society was not a German organization, but a Chinese equivalent to the Red Cross.
NG1J TIL Clark Gable threatened to walk off the set of Gone With The Wind if bathrooms weren’t integrated.