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TIL: In 1970 Sesame Street was banned in Mississippi because of its racially integrated cast

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Blkk TIL llamas are a popular alternative to sheep dogs because they eat the same food as sheep, readily bond with and become part of a sheep herd, can see predators from afar due to their height, and are very protective of their herd, which they bravely defend by spitting at and kicking predators.
nWyAr TIL that if there was a nationwide blackout, in as little as a month, nations would collapse, and if it lasted up to a year, about 90% of the US's population would die.
awab0 TIL about the solar storm of 2012, where a wave of charged plasma particles ejected from the sun narrowly missed Earth. Had it hit, the geomagnetic disturbance would have caused global damage to electronic systems with costs estimated in the trillions
a8dL0 TIL that Because American and British generals insisted The French unit that helped librate Paris would be all white, a white french unit had to be shipped in from Morocco, and was supplemented with soldier from Spain and Portugal. Making it all white but not all French.
wLKV6 TIL A convent of Mexican nuns, The Sisters of the Immaculate Health, is helping to save one of the world's most endangered and remarkable amphibians – The Axolotl, a creature of worldwide scientific interest, as they are able to regrow lost limbs and other body parts, which we hope to emulate.