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TIL: Oregon had a "whites only" clause in its original state Constitution.

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rR7Jx Today I learned about Ossip Bernstein, a famous chess master who escaped the firing squad by winning a game of chess.
o4yR TIL that one Korean soldier during WWII fought for three Armies.In 1938 he was conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army.He was captured by the Soviet Red Army and forced into service in 1942.In 1943,captured again and forced to fight for the Wehrmacht. Finally, he was captured by US Army in 1944.
A8ko TIL if you hold up a grain of sand, the patch of sky it covers contains 10,000 galaxies
neRg7 TIL Prince got "purple rain" from the song Ventura Highway by America. When asked what purple rain meant, a member of America said "You got me"
woOjP TIL there was a Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes in Nova Scotia 22 years before the NHL. The slap shot and goalie butterfly technique originated there. Read more - "Black Ice: The Lost History Of The Colored Hockey League Of The Maritimes 1895-1925," by historians George and Darrill Fosty