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TIL: Yasuke, a 16th century African who traveled to Japan as a slave, caused such a sensation that a powerful warlord wished to see him. He thought his black skin was paint and ordered it to be scrubbed. However, they became friends and Yasuke was later given the prestigious rank of Samurai.

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wyn1 TIL after being knocked to the ground, called a racial epithet and spat on, Jerry LeVias took himself out of the game. After being consoled by his coach he said “Coach, I’m going to run it back for a touchdown.”. He outran everybody for an 89-yard touchdown that won the game.
Akrd TIL in a study requiring them to write out “door” 30 times in 60 seconds, 68 percent of participants began to doubt that “door” was a real word or showed similar symptoms of ‘jamais vu’
ANGxg TIL Robert Wadlow weighed an unremarkable 8.7 lb when he was born, however by the age of 5, he was 5'4" & wearing clothes meant for teenagers. He reached the 6' mark as a 8-year-old & was over 6'6" at 11 years old. He'd eventually reach his record height of 8'11.1" before dying at the age of 22.
loMRA TIL that during the Cold War, the CIA could identify KGB cars in the Soviet Union because they used windscreen wipers compared to the rest of the public who didn’t. The KGB continued to use windscreen wipers to maintain a visual on their targets. Especially during bad weather. Link P219
0dm0v TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected