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TIL One in four cowboys in the old west were African American.

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nWJWo TIL written Japanese uses three different types of characters: hiragana (a syllabary), katana (ANOTHER syllabary), and kanji (Chinese characters).
R7vG7 TIL That after the "I Have A Dream" speech, the FBI anonymously wrote a letter to MLK JR. demanding that he kill himself
N78aM TIL: Andrew Johnson, who became president of the USA when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, owned slaves during the civil war even after Lincoln issued his emancipation proclamation.
N7ln8 TIL That Jet Li's birth name is 'Li Lianjie' but took up the name 'Jet' because they likened his career to an aircraft, which likewise "takes-off" as quickly.
yQkx8 TIL Chinese American Tyrus Wong was the lead artist for Disney's Bambi. His background paintings for Bambi were inspired by Song dynasty classical Chinese paintings. He was fired from Disney studio due to a strike and his full contribution to the film was largely unknown for several decades