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TIL Stop signs used to be BLACK ON YELLOW

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jAAM TIL Scientists have created a liquid, bulletproof armor that hardens upon contact
e0d6E TIL that John F. Kennedy's signature fragrance was saved by a Parisian aristocrat's butler when he hid the cologne inside books that were carefully cut by hand to prevent the Nazis from seizing the bottles during WWII.
mYXo TIL that Charleston, AR was the first southern school system to integrate (not Little Rock, AR.) When asked how it could be done without violence, an attorney named Dale Bumpers said, “We’ll just do it.” The board integrated the schools without announcing it to the press, and there was no violence.
b9P8E TIL: American Dialect Society (founded 1889) has voted for Singular 'They' as 'Word of the Decade' for its growing use to refer to a known person whose gender identity is non-binary.
MMgK TIL that 20 years ago when Zach Galifianakis learned a woman at his laundromat was homeless, he began paying her rent. He still does, and is sure to meet up for the occasional lunch. She will be his date to ‘Hangover Part III’ premiere.