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TIL the University of Kansas (KU) allowed men and women to enroll equally since its founding in 1866, one of the first public education institutions in the US to do so

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K4kR TIL of the HMS Black Joke, which was previously a Brazilian slave ship called the Henriquetta. It was captured by the Royal Navy and repurposed to chase down slave ships, ultimately freeing hundreds of slaves during her five-year career.
Dame TIL in Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
6Lel TIL that growing up, Stephen Colbert always wanted to pronounce his last name with a silent “t” and decided to do it while on a flight to attend college as no one knew him there. Colbert says his father always wanted to switch too, but he “lacked the pretentious gene that I have.”
BrP0b TIL Mixed-race relations were a felony in some states in the South, but also in western and plains States until 1967, when the Supreme Court struck down laws against it. As late as 2009 a Louisiana Justice of the Peace refused to perform a mixed race ceremony, was sued and resigned.
1XxP TIL Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson killed 4 students and 1 teacher at their school in 1998. They are the only two living US mass school Shooters who are not incarcerated.