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TIL Cold War playground equipment was intended to foster children’s curiosity and excitement about the Space Race.

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dvAd TIL that Woodrow Wilson personally rejected a proposal put forward by Japan during the Paris Peace Conference that would have confirmed the racial and ethnic equality of all people
xVMNB TIL A Drug sting in Tulia Texas resulted in the arrests of 15% of the black population. 46 people, 40 of whom were innocent African Americans. The remaining detainees were whites known to have ties within the black community.
VMAYQ TIL about the organisation that lets you “buy” an acre of threatened rainforest for around $100 to protect it from deforestation.
Z8APa TIL about Jono Lancaster who was born with Treacher-Collins syndrome. He travels to meet children with the same disorder in hopes of inspiring them to embrace their features and live their lives to the fullest
rNRW1 TIL that there is an enormous 1,300 year old set of ruins on an island in the middle of a lake in the middle of Siberia and archaeologists are unsure why it's there