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TIL that Woodrow Wilson re-segregated Princeton University when he was the school's president

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p8Gpp TIL that Pirates may have worn eye-patches in order to have one of their eyes already adapted to darkness for when they go below deck.
DQdJe TIL the greatest peacetime maritime disaster is the sinking of MV Doña Paz in 1987 with 4386 dead, almost 3 times Titanic's casualties (1496). The greatest wartime disaster is Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945 (9343 dead).
nAnb TIL On June 28, 2009, Stephen Hawking held a party open to all, complete with hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne, but only publicized the party after it was over so that only time-travellers would know to attend; as expected, nobody showed up to the party.
pYYAQ TIL we raise our right hand when we are sworn-in because convicts who previously recieved leniency from the court were branded on their hands so that they wouldn't receive it again
4kNbo TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.