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TIL in the decades before World War II, basketball was dominated by Jewish players.

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E1bOo TIL the NAACP for eighteen years flew a huge flag over its New York headquarters stating, “A Man Was Lynched Yesterday.” In the wake of the lynching of Jesse Washington.
BJRk TIL in 1973 the United States organized the overthrow of the democratically elected Chilean government and established a military dictatorship that committed mass genocide
VMaAD TIL that while Elizabeth Fraser was recording “Teardrop” with Massive Attack, she found out that her boyfriend Jeff Buckley drowned. She now considers this song to be “kind of about him.”
7r9MO TIL famous mathematician Kurt Gödel became paranoid of being poisoned in his old age. He was so afraid that he only ate his wife's cooking, and died of starvation after she passed away.
GKg TIL In Portugal there is an ancient city submerged in water, but during dry spells the water levels go down and you can see it. It’s called Vilarinho Da Furna