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TIL in 1968 a school teacher divided her class by eye color to teach them about discrimination. The kids got discriminatory pretty quickly.

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jNeLM TIL Michael Jackson composed the music for Sonic 3 in 1993 but chose to remain uncredited because he was unhappy with the sound capabilities of the Sega Genesis
gM4D TIL California makes the same amount of money as Italy every year, and that Texas makes as much as Russia.
DQQPJ TIL Yakuza bosses in Japan aren’t allowed to buy smartphones and are forced to use old 3G flip phones
1aDeW TIL Bananas can not reproduce. They have no seeds and are entirely reliant on the farmer to cultivate them.
16orP TIL: That the actor Tom Hanks is distant cousin of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln. Hanks also narrated a 2011 documentary about the former President, entitled Killing Lincoln.