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TIL Dave Brubeck canceled 23 shows, costing him $40,000, because he refused to replace his black bassist.

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5YD9n TIL about autological words ("English", "parasyllabic", "unhyphenated") which describe themselves, and heterological words ("long", "hyphenated", "monosyllabic") which do not describe themselves. "Heterological" itself cannot logically be autological or heterological: The "Grelling–Nelson Paradox"
d8jBr TIL Song of the South was the first and only screenplay by a White Southerner. A black consultant was hired but quit after his criticism of the script was ignored. The NAACP were also denied required to see the film before it was released.
JYj14 TIL that old, weak, malnourished whales will simply sink, unable to reach the surface and suffocate to death...
9wQ8Q TIL: In Operation Paul Bunyan, the United States sent 813 infantry, 27 helicopters, 1 armor to cut down a tree after 2 US soldiers were murdered with hatchets by the North Korean army for attempting to cut said tree.
neGg9 TIL A deep sea octopus brooded her eggs for 4.5 years