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TIL there's a jetty in Australia that's so long that one end is 2m higher than the other due to the curvature of the Earth

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a4db TIL That Frank Sinatra was a big activist in the civil rights movement, refusing to stay at hotels that didn’t allow “blacks”. Even using his mafia ties to help get labor unions behind JFK because he knew they shared the same opinions on equal rights.
o418 TIL smallpox infested blankets were never given to Native Americans by the US Army, or anyone. Some scientist even tried their best to provide the native populations with vaccines
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yR6w TIL Dolores Hart made ten films in five years, debuting with Elvis Presley in Loving You. In 1963, as an established leading lady, she stunned Hollywood by announcing that she was leaving her acting career to become a nun. She is currently the only nun to be an Oscar-voting member of the Academy.