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4XwVN TIL The Commonwealth of Kentucky didn't take the word "darkies" out of their official state song until 1986.
JDr1 TIL that doctors at Johns Hopkins University almost never confirm black lung in coal miners’ court hearings, leading to hundreds of cases where people suffering from black lung do not receive any benefits.
GYv94 TIL about the Kindertransport, an organized rescue program for Jewish children that was supported by the British government in the months leading up to World War II. Nearly 10,000 Jewish children were taken in, many of whom were the only members of their families to survive the Holocaust.
kJx1 TIL in 2009 a five-year-old girl who spent her entire life locked in a room with cats and dogs, and no heat, water, or sewage system was found. She could not speak Russian, would jump at the door and bark as caretakers left, and had “clear attributes of an animal”.
b6DKa TIL the 2nd fastest manmade object is a manhole cover that was shot to space by a nuclear bomb at 41mi/s (147,600mph) in 1957