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TIL Eugene Debs was a socialist from Indiana who ran for President five times during the early 1900s. He was found guilty of sedition and sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking out against the Wilson administration and the World War I draft.

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MMbb TIL a black man tried to integrate the University of Mississippi and not only was rejected, but sent to an insane asylum.
WwLN TIL that during a Roman Triumph, which were rare, spectacular parades commemorating the honor awarded to a victorious Roman general by the Senate, a slave would have to accompany the honored while whispering “Remember: you will die” into their ear so that they may not let the honor go to their head.
rPw0 TIL: Ice worms are living creatures that melt if they get too warm.
7rmdp TIL New York City’s tap water is full of copepods (tiny crustaceans). Because of this, the water is technically not kosher.
y4ae TIL the first student protest in the United States happened at Harvard in 1766 when a student yelled out “Behold, our butter stinketh!— give us therefore, butter that stinketh not.” This sparked The Great Butter Rebellion.