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TIL Americans with Disabilities Fought for Their Civil Rights by Crawling Up the Steps of the Capitol Building

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X0vXR TIL Mangrove can sweat/exert salt, resulting in salt crystals left on the leaves
ngJP TIL America’s first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor, was an opium dealer.
mxpMy TIL Mel Brooks' (Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs) son is Max Brooks, author of World War Z
jrlj TIL After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, hundreds of people (many of them already injured), made their way towards Nagasaki. Of these, 165 survived BOTH atomic bombings and lived to tell the tale.
ANZMg TIL: Lulu (To Sir With Love) had a BBC-TV show in 1968. Her guest once was Jimi Hendrix. He was to perform Hey Joe, and she would join in. Earlier that day the group Cream announced they had broke up. Jimi switched midstream, live on TV, to Sunshine of Your Love. He was banned from BBC-TV.