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

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4kNJ TIL that in 1981, 8% of personal bankruptcies cited medical costs as a contributing factor compared to 62% in 2009
46K6 TIL Donated Bibles were sent to Romania and subsequently pulped into TP because there was a toilet paper shortage.
p6rG TIL Sybil Ludington was a heroine of the American Revolutionary War, famous for her night ride on April 26, 1777 to alert American forces to the approach of the British, similar to the ride of Paul Revere. She rode more than twice the distance of Revere, alone, and was 16 years old at the time.
x6ovD TIL during WW2, because of the lack of oil, gas generators were used to allow cars to use wood as fuel in several places such as France, Britain and Finland
W7G0L TIL that the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (better known as "Ode to Joy") has lyrics, based a poem by Friedrich Schiller, also titled "Ode to Joy" ("An de Freude").