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TIL There is greater inequality in Manhattan today than existed in South Africa before Apartheid ended

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LkRAQ TIL that the best-selling single of all time by a female group never even charted in the US. 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' by Spanish duo Baccara was released in 1977 and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide
JRdk TIL that postmortem photography or memento mori, the photographing of a deceased person, was a common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
KYOG4 TIL 20% of the population of the Six Nations tribes fought in WW2. The Choctaw language baffled German codebreakers, and Iroquois, who had officially declared war during WW1 and never made peace, officially declared war on Germany again during WW2.
neapr TIL that Rainn Wilson (Dwight from The Office) is a member of the Baha'i faith and has campaigned the Iranian government to allow Baha'i access to higher education
P1pRG TIL that the NYC neighborhood of Marble Hill is in Manhattan, despite being attached to the Bronx and not physically part of Manhattan island