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TIL the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was based on an earlier 'Jewish Vacation Guide' book which outlined places that Jews were not unwelcome to stay in America in 1917.

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4k9lJ TIL that Battle Creek, Michigan is Called “Cereal City”, Battle Creek’s journey to becoming Cereal City began in the late 19th century. The city’s foray into the world of cereal started with the health and wellness movement, led by prominent figures such as Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
GAXj4 TIL more women than men have contributed to out gene pool due to the fact pre-historic men had children with between 1.5 and 3.3 women on average
6EJXl TIL an Italian man found wandering Edinburgh claiming to have no memory of who he was or how he got there admitted to faking amnesia to avoid his nagging mother-in-law. His disappearance from Pisa raised suspicion when online searches 'how to disappear' and 'how to fake memory loss' were discovered.
4kXng TIL that Scrabble in Welsh language was not a popular game. A store in Wales was unable to sell a single copy for at least 2 years.
loG57 TIL that 'focussed' is an acceptable spelling variation.