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TIL most Ivy League colleges did not accept women until very recently. Harvard in 1977, Columbia in 1983.

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8e708 TIL that the 'franca' in "lingua franca" isn't a reference to French but instead to 'the Franks', or western Europeans. The term comes from from a pidgin language used in the eastern Mediterranean, comprised of words from Italian, Occitan, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, and Slavic
BgOPW TIL that Anthony W. Case had hoped of playing college baseball until he was shot in 1998, with injuries that prevented him from doing so. After this, he decided to pursue a career in astrophysics, and has since helped develop Faraday cups on space probes, including the Parker Solar Probe.
wL1lM TIL Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" sold less than 1000 copies when first released in America due to suppression from the president of his label. It became well-known after inclusion in the soundtrack to Good Morning, Vietnam.
W7gO8 TIL that Luxembourg is nearly a third more populous during the day than at night, as over 200k people living in Belgium, France and Germany commute daily to Luxembourg for work. In other words, Luxembourg draws roughly 40% of its current workforce from the border areas in Germany, France and Belgium
E1aDx TIL that there was an actual person nicknamed the'Drift King', who popularised drifting after he started doing so on non-drifting racing events. He has publicly stated that he started drifting to keep his audience excited and because he was bored of winning all the time and has won Le Mans twice.