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TIL whites are 200x more likely to be a victim of aggravated assault from an African American than an African American from a white person

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068p TIL that Fresh Guacamole by Pes is the shortest film to be nominated for an Oscar (1 minute, 40 seconds)
xVXED TIL in 1946, a local chicken farmer offered 100 chicks for each homer the Nashua Dodgers hit. Newcomer Roy Campanella hit 14 in his first season and sent all 1,400 to his father who used them to start a thriving poultry farm. He also went on to become one of the first black major league players.
4BKw TIL that treating infections with bacteria killing viruses was common in soviet russia but is banned in the rest of the world
6EYWW TIL that Malt-O-Meal (makers of those "off brand" cereals) are owned by Post making them effectively not off brand at all
N70D1 TIL At one point, the Beatles album "Revolver" was going to be named "After Geography", a pun on the Rolling Stones album "Aftermath".