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TIL there was a World Sauna Championships but it ended after a Russian competitor died of third degree burns

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P11ew TIL about Mitsuye Endo who was a plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court lawsuit that ultimately led to the closing of the concentration camps in the U.S. and the return of Japanese Americans to the West Coast in 1945.
69dwJ TIL King Henry II of France participated in a jousting tournament in 1559 to celebrate the marriage of his daughter. A lance splintered on his helmet and pushed wood into his eye and brain. He died ten days later. His death led to the decline of jousting in France.
JYeL4 TIL that a week before the Rosa Parks incident, segregation on interstate buses was struck down after a black Woman Army Corps Private refused to give up her seat to a white Marine.
xVgyo TIL New Jersey had 5 different people as Acting Governor over an 8 day period, including John Farmer, Jr. (who was in charge for a total of 90 minutes).
neajW TIL of Charlotte Reid, the first woman to wear pants to Congress (1969). Women were forbidden to wear pants onto the floor until 1993