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TIL that in the past, Harry Belafonte had been barred from the door of the world famous nightclub the Copacabana because of his color, and then later he’d be headlining the joint.

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nDlb TIL that Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined
x68lk TIL Sri Lankan netball player Tharjini Sivalingam is the tallest netball player in the world with a height of 6 ft 10 in. She was also the oldest ever player to feature in a Netball World Cup at the age of 44 during the 2023 World Cup. She also obtained a degree in Economics.
AD9Vd TIL that redheads are more sensitive to temperatures, but less sensitive to pain in the skin than rest of the human population.
ylgJ TIL an American psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed an insane experiment called the “Pit of Despair”, which involved socially isolating young monkeys for up to a year at a time. The monkeys developed psychosis, would cannibalize on their offspring, and also commit suicide
VBglB TIL of the worlds oldest recorded cat, Crème Puff, who lived to be 38yo, enjoyed red wine and coffee with cream, and had a brother who lived to be 34yo.