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TIL Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into an Ohio river to protest racial discrimination in America

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gYXA TIL: In Vietnam, the Vietnam War is known as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War.
J1wMj TIL The ancient Romans would eat with their hands and wipe their fingers on the table setting or the hair of slaves. Some slaves even had long hair for this purpose.
WpAN TIL that rather than wasting water on doing laundry, Astronauts on the International Space Station eject their dirty worn clothes into space to burn in the Earth’s atmosphere.
81kL TIL that the indigenous Athabaskans had a strict code of ethics towards plants and animals. For example, if a hunter kills a wolf, he should not touch it until he apologizes and explains that his family needs it.
nejeY TIL of akinetopsia, a neuropsychological disorder that makes it so patients are unable to perceive motion. Instead, they often view life as a series of photographs or frozen movie reels.