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TIL that there was an official national anthem of Qing China

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VBkrk TIL that in 1957, the town of Pleasanton, Texas voted overwhelmingly to desegregate its public schools. The vote (and entirely peaceful subsequent integration of African American students) bewildered the press and gained national attention as it occurred around the same time as the Little Rock Nine.
69Vel TIL that in 1910 Pablo Picasso was put on trial for stealing the Mona Lisa. He did not steal it.
jdeQ TIL that chopsticks actually replaced forks in China after they were developed, as opposed to the country having never developed them as many people think.
8ajBX TIL that when Medieval monks would fast for religious reasons they would sometimes drink lots of beer instead of eating food, since drinking did not count as "food".
pYyEZ TIL Viet Thanh Nguyen is the first Asian American to sit on the Pulitzer prize board