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TIL The real color of the Sun is white not yellow.

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b9Pw0 TIL Red Summer: January 1 and September 14, 1919, white mobs lynched at least 43 African Americans, with 16 hanged and others shot; while another 8 men were burned at the stake.
BGWk TIL; that in the 19th century puberty began at 15 for girls and 16 for boys, instead of 11 for girls and 12 for boys as it is now.
a8VOM TIL: A Mambo No. 5 cover by Bob the Builder went to number 1 in the UK on 9th September 2001, but was removed from BBC radio playlists after the 9/11 attacks as it was ‘too frivolous’
9Ya6p TIL PEZ Candy was invented in Vienna, Austria by Eduard Haas III as an alternative to smoking.
AgDx TIL there are more than 83,000 Americans who are still listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Also, the third Friday of every September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.