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TIL There was an Anti-Mask League, an organization formed to protest the requirement for people in San Francisco to wear masks during the 1918 influenza pandemic.

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grMaW TIL humans are the cause of an ongoing mass extinction event known as the Holocene Extinction
LkY7Z TIL pianist Ian Stewart Co-founded The Rolling Stones, was removed from the band in '63, but still played for them for over two decades, and was their road manager.
8mG8 TIL Badass Marine pilot Lt. Col. Art Nalls bought a Harrier jet so he can keep flying after retirement and it is the only Harrier maintained and flown by civilians.
aweKL TIL Despite the Supreme Court declaring such laws unconstitutional in 1967, Alabama did not remove a clause in its state constitution prohibiting interracial marriage until 2000
jV4v TIL Microsoft receives up to $8 per Android device sold in royalties ≈ $3.4 billion in 2013