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TIL Rosa Parks visited the set of the hilarious and heartwarming show “227”.

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l7Lp5 Today I learned that construction of the Washington Monument was delayed for 13 years because the pro-slavery states decided to go rogue. #slaveryremembered.
gMbyW TIL That Israel made a reform requiring food companies to mark high sugar and fat percentages on the package with red stickers
M7Qem TIL I learned how Champollion cracked the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The reason why he succeeded -23 years after the Rosetta Stone discovery- is that he spoke Coptic, and it meant that the sounds written in hieroglyphs made sense to him.
lbDV TIL there is no scientific evidence that Chiropractic medicine has any medical benefit.
e01aL TIL in 1945 a malfunctioning toilet forced a German U-boat to the surface off the coast of Scotland after the commander accidentally let water into the boat that came into contact with batteries causing the boat to fill with chlorine gas. It was promptly attacked and sunk by a British aircraft.