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TIL that Harriet Tubman once pretended to read a newspaper on a train to avoid being recognised by a former master. Because the man knew Harriet was illiterate, he ignored the black woman reading on the train.

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b9d84 TIL about 'the Tridge', a three legged wooden footbridge that spans the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park in Midland, Michigan. The three legs span out to Chippewassee Park, St. Charles Park and the Farmer's Market areas.
VM8D4 TIL there is a spinner on the bottom of UK pedestrian crossing buttons to help blind people know when the lights are red so it is safe to cross.
vBAK TIL that zero Canadian banks failed during the Great Depression
kkA5 TIL that George Clooney was asked to play himself in a sketch for the Movie 43 (the gag was that Clooney is bad at picking up women), and Clooney replied “No fucking way.”
KOk5J TIL how the severing the Corpus Callosum can change the way the halves of the brain communicate.