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TIL Bruce Lee Once Said He Thought Muhammad Ali Would “Kill” Him in a Fight

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P17EO TIL that a women's suffrage activist named Virginia Minor sued in court in the 1870s to secure women the right to vote, based on the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. In 1875, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled against her in the Minor v. Happersett case.
9rjp TIL that George Foreman was banking $8M PER MONTH during the height of the Foreman Grill craze
VMK9B TIL in late 18th Century France a performing bear who became popular was discovered to be an Irish fisherman sewn into a bear costume.
QJGMa TIL that despite its signing into law in 1983, MLK Day wasn't observed in every state until 2000. Before it was made an official state holiday in South Carolina, employees could choose between celebrating MLK day or one of three holidays in honor of the Confederate States.
KY9vQ TIL: In 1795, Liberty Hall Academy admitted a student by the name of John Chavis, thereby making him the first African American on record to attend college, and later to become the first to be licensed by the Presbyterian Church in the United States.