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TIL in 1956, the American Legion hall in Roanoke, Virginia spontaneously desegregated during a Fats Domino concert, where approximately 2,000 whites, crowded on an undersized balcony, migrated to the main (blacks only) dance floor.

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LRDV TIL after having his hat shot from his head, bullets tear through his coat, and two horses shot from under him George Washington was able to ride 40 miles through darkness to summon reinforcements while suffering from a severe case of dysentery.
nD0P TIL that every man who has walked on the moon is now at least 80 years old. Which means there will probably be a time in the not-so-distant future when no living human has walked on the moon.
6ERPw TIL that in 1975, the FDA banned the sale of turtles with a shell less than four inches long. The CDC estimates that the ban averts 100,000 cases of Salmonella infections—salmonellosis—each year in US children.
vP0kR TIL that Otis Redding considered Bob Dylan to be his favorite singer, calling him ‘the greatest.' At one point, Bob personally offered Otis a song to record, but the cover never happened. As Otis put it, 'I didn’t do it because I just didn’t feel it. Mind you, I dig his work like mad.'"
l0MV TIL CIA spent $15 million to train a cat to spy on Russians. Just after it was released on its mission, the cat was killed by a car.