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TIL about "The Doll Test", which found that given a choice between Black dolls and white dolls, most Black children preferred to play with white dolls and was later cited as a factor in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

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ADQKn TIL of Baji Rout, a 12 year old boatman shot dead by British Police in 1938, when he refused to ferry them across a river to quell a protest. He is regarded as youngest martyr of India's freedom struggle.
6XGZ TIL that by many significant measures, the world really is becoming more peaceful. Over the last decade, total combat deaths, civilian casualties, and worldwide public tolerance for armed violence have been lower than at any other time in the past century.
mYwy TIL That the stuff that builds up at the corners of your eyes after you wake up is there to stop bacteria from entering your eye while you sleep.
p8XJG TIL In 1991 , Sergei Maduev : A Soviet-Era Serial Killer, seduced his prosecutor to smuggle a pistol into the Prison. The prosecutor was later sentened to 7 years in prison after an unsuccesful escape attempt by the hardened criminal but was in-love with him anyways!
o6JW TIL that in 2015, a dinosaur with bat-like wing membrane was discovered, becoming the closest thing to a dragon/wyvern currently discovered.