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TIL that the first person of color to ever be vice president of the United States was Charles Curtis, VP to Herbert Hoover who was of American Indian tribal citizenship

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VBOO4 TIL Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is exactly the way it was on April 4th, 1968, complete with bed and food tray, when Martin Luther King was shot. Room 306 was never rented again and preserved as The National Civil Rights Museum
9PN7 TIL that Bhutan has a minister of happiness, whose goal is to be conscious and respect the pursuit of happiness nation wide. The UN was inspired and passed resolution 65/309, effectively putting ‘happiness’ on the global agenda.
vOrB TIL Diseases from dirty water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.
rxdd TIL an original meaning behind the term “Hipster” was for people who laid on their sides in Opium dens.
QJvP9 Today I learned that the artist of DOOM's original cover art didn't expect his logo to become super famous