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TIL the Frozen Food Aisle was created as a result of Clarence Birdseye learning how to flash freeze fish from the Inuits in the 1920s

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Orva TIL that Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl, was the unsung hero of the Alabama Bus Boycott and desegregation of public transportation. Before Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, citing that it was her constitutional right.
woKk7 TIL about the book, "The Dinosaur" by Augusto Monterroso. This book is only one page long and consists of a single sentence in Spanish, which translates to: "When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there."
oRnj7 TIL-K.I.T.T in Knight Rider was voiced by William Daniels, popularly known as the actor who played Mr. Feeny in Boy Meets World
e08lk TIL about dark pattern design used by social platforms to deliberately mislead users into continual use and giving up more data.
4XyJX TIL that Frank Dux made up his past life, including winning the "kumite", a secret gathering of the best warriors from different combat styles(and knowing the death touch), which then led to Bloodsport(he was the fight coordinator), launching JCVD's career and inspiring Mortal Kombat and the UFC.