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TIL Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) threatened to quit instead of removing or modification of his new black character, at a time (1968) when keeping the staus quo would’ve been much easier.

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JYKak TIL in 1974 Marina Abramovic completed a 6 hour performance art exhibit where she stood in front of a table of 72 objects (including a loaded gun) and let the audience do whatever they wanted with her. The purpose was to find out how far people are willing to go. Video describes her experience.
yWyJ TIL Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, during his trial when accused of murdering three and a half million people, replied, “No. Only two and one half million—the rest died from disease and starvation.”
8el0a TIL Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth was accidentally discovered on history's first major scientific expedition devoted to oceanography in 1875.
oRgMW TIL about Terry Wallis, who spent 19 years in a minimally conscious state following a 1984 car accident, suddenly spoke “Mom” on June 11, 2003, making him the longest documented coma‑like recovery with regained consciousness
R7PL1 TIL that the slang 'buck' for currency originated from the fact that deer skins were traded for goods in colonial America before the dollar existed and was the 'currency' of the period.