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TIL Darwin believed that white people were more evolved than black people. He also believed that males were superior to females.

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JY78V TIL: Britain only finally settled its World War II debts to the US and Canada in December 2006 making payments of $83.25m (£42.5m) to the US and US$22.7m (£11.6m) to Canada.bbb
k7rd TIL America ranks #14 (behind Russia at #13) in reading, math, science, literacy and graduation rates.
Br1xk TIL James Earl Ray, MLK’s assassin, was accidentally honored in a Florida plaque supposed to be celebrating James Earl Jones during an MLK Day event. Officials received their plaque and were horrified to discover that it bore an inscription thanking James Earl Ray for “keeping the dream alive”.
yVWkM TIL the worst drunk driving accident happened on May 14th, 1988 with 24 kids and 3 adults killed in a bus crash in Carrollton, KY.
EKdV TIL From 2010 on, Inception and Gravity are the highest-grossing live-action movies that weren’t based on existing intellectual property