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TIL Old Dominion University started as a two-year division of The College of William and Mary.

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ZjAQ TIL that Illinois State University has a health and wellness program called the G Spot that gives out free condoms, lube, and information. It moves around campus constantly, and the concept is to, “Find the G Spot.”
rNYDy TIL: Coco Chanel was romantically involved with a Nazi and served essentially as a spy
oBVXR TIL Many Medieval texts contain graphical commentary such as drawings of heroic knights fighting giant snails. Many have lost their cultural context and historians can only speculate as to their original meaning.
j6Nlj TIL Pale Ale exists because the fuel source for brewing beer changed. Peat and coal were used to roast malt, imparting a dark color and smoky flavor to beers. But when coke fuel, a cleaner-burning fuel derived from coal, was introduced, the color and smoky flavor were not present, they had pale ale.
MoZV TIL 10-18 million Africans were taken by Arab slavers. This is more than the 12 million Africans shipped in the Atlantic slave trade, and 16-30 times more than the 600,000 slaves imported to America since 1620, which is less than the more than 1 million whites enslaved by Ottoman vassals.