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TIL Guy Fieri officiated 101 same-sex marriages in Florida

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4XD75 TIL in April of 1968, Jane Elliot did a racial experiment where she turned her third grade class of students against one another based solely on the color of their eyes.
Y78md TIL the bell on a cat's collar exists to limit their hunting potential, with the bell being observed to reduce captured birds by 30%-40%
PYZGG TIL that the Huanghuagang Martyr Memorial in China has a replica of the US Statute of Liberty on top. It replaced a previous Statue of Liberty that held a rifle, symbolizing Mao's quote that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
VWkQ TIL there is a video game where you program the movements of a marching band. Micro Marching League.
9Y6Rm TIL about Patrick Vincent Coleman, train dispatcher who died saving hundreds of lives during the Halifax Explosion. His final message: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."