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TIL of the "Southern Strategy", in which GOP politicians like Goldwater and Nixon developed campaign strategies designed to appeal to southern racism, successfully realigning the white & conservative Democratic voters in the South to vote Republican, further pushing the party rightward

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ZpvKG TIL that jesters were tasked with delivering unfavorable news to kings that others were reluctant to share. in 1340 following the destruction of the French fleet by the English the French King's jester informed him that the English sailors lacked the courage to jump into the water like the French.
9oG TIL When Rod Serling was a child he was able to entertain himself so well that when his family was on a road trip they all kept quiet to see if he would notice. He didn’t and talked non-stop through the entire car ride.
QJ6ad TIL in 1933, in a publicity stunt for a Mae West movie named "It ain't no Sin", a Hollywood Press Agent bought 50 parrots and had taught them to squawk "It ain't no sin!" Then the movie changed titles and the parrots were subsequently released in South America, still repeating "it ain't no sin".
LkKjr TIL of the Citadel of Erbil, a mound continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. In 2007 all inhabiants were temporarily evicted to conduct a restoration project, except for a single family, who was allowed to stay as to not break the continuous habitation record.
kaPE TIL- The makers of Edible Underwear were denied patent protection on the grounds that “candy and pants were incompatible”