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8bRV TIL that Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend a white school in the south, attended class by herself because parents of white students would not let them learn with her, and she ate only food she brought from home because a woman repeatedly threatened to poison her
mRax TIL in 2010 Mazda recalled 52000 cars due to spider infestation in the fuel system.
YpaMG TIL Mark Hamill was cast in the original pilot for the television series Eight is Enough. He was locked into a five-year contract, however he requested to be released so he could audition for Star Wars.
kJk7E TIL of Mona Parsons, the only Canadian female civilian to be imprisoned by the Nazis. She married a Dutch millionaire and aided downed Allied airmen in WWII till captured in 1941. Sentenced to death, she appealed it and was sentenced to life in prison. She escaped in 1945 and reached Canadian troops
4k8bX TIL of Dr. Atlas Fredonyer, a Swiss Doctor who was convicted of incest and pardoned by California Governor Leland Stanford and died after surgery to remove a 16-ounce bottle lost inside his rectum after an attempt to alleviate a severe case of diarrhea. Fredonyer Pass, California is named after him.