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TIL that Bob Jones University in South Carolina banned interracial dating until the year 2000

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yQ6NV TIL that due to a personnel shortage as a result of WWII, for one NFL season the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh Steagles.
nep9G TIL Bhagat Singh Thind gained US citizenship in 1918, only to be stripped of it 4 days later for being Indian. His 2nd attempt had the Supreme Court rule against him. He succeeded in his 3rd attempt. He was also the first turbaned (Sikh) member of the US Army, serving during WWI.
ZPMY TIL that “in darkness most people eventually adjust to a 48-hour cycle: 36 hour of activity followed by 12 hours of sleep. The reasons are still unclear.”
8bPX TIL that lobsters are functionally immortal. They display no signs of aging, no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive drive or ability, and no decline in strength or health. It seems they only die from external causes.
LQeAd TIL the first reference to the Grinch was not in How The Grinch Stole Christmas. He first appeared in the book Scrambled Eggs Super (1953). He later appeared in a 1955 poem "The Hoobub And The Grinch", before the famous story of him was published