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

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R7l6Q TIL in 1978 British explorer Tim Severin proved it was possible for a 6th century Irish boat clad in leather to make the journey across the Atlantic from Ireland to North America. This was done to test if St. Brendan the Navigators described journey across the Atlantic was possible at the time.
4XAy5 TIL Szechuan peppers make your lips/tongue numb, not hot. Its not the capsaicin (found in pepper that interacts with heat receptors so we perceive spicy). Instead, its hydroxy-alpha-sanshool interacting with tactile receptors (thus your brain perceives vibrating / electrocution style sensation).
AN9dB TiL that Alex James, bass player for Blur, is also an artisan cheesemaker, working out of a 200-acre cheese farm in Kingham, Oxfordshire.
yOye TIL Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl” and is about about an interracial relationship.
nWeVG TIL that based on the Arctoidea family tree diagram, Red Pandas are more closely related to seals than bears