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TIL: In 1795, Liberty Hall Academy admitted a student by the name of John Chavis, thereby making him the first African American on record to attend college, and later to become the first to be licensed by the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

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a8DeA TIL - Lichtenstein during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 had an army of 80 soldiers, and they returned home with no casualties and a new friend they made along the way
wLZw8 TIL of Jeanne de Clisson, a former noblewoman who became a privateer to avenge her husband after he was executed for treason by the French king. She plied the English Channel and targeted French ships, often slaughtering the crew, leaving few alive.
grX78 TIL at the US Open in 1983, tennis legend Stefan Edberg accidentally hit a linesman in the groin with a serve, causing him to to fall over, hit his head, and die five days later
oKrA TIL blacks were given ‘ghetto loans’, which were higher-interest subprime loans normally reserved for customers with bad credit ratings, even if they qualified for a normal loan. It found out that high-income blacks were almost twice as likely to end up with subprime mortgages as low-income whites.
0vBv TIL that a Chinese lady made a phone that uses Coca-Cola as its battery.