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TIL the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts was one of the few safe and welcoming vacation spots to visit for the Black middle class, and held the summer homes of Black elites in the 1960s

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E6Bd TIL that when the Latvian hockey team plays at home and wins a game, fans pay a visit to the embassy of the opposing team’s home country and lay flowers at its gate
59Zk TIL as a teenager, murder mystery novelist Anne Perry assisted her best friend in murdering her mother
pY7wQ TIL about the "information-to-action ratio," a postulate that explains how access to more information actually hinders our ability to prioritize information we can act upon.
jNeaX TIL the Calusa Native American tribe ate shellfish and discarded middens of shell waste into Florida waters for generations, forming an entire island, ecosystem, and archaeological site known as Mound Key
Vx8B TIL that the Devo album “Oh no! It’s Devo” was born out of critical reviews in which the band were alternately described as both “fascists” and “clowns”, leading the band to ask, “what would an album by fascist clowns sound like?”