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TIL that since 2000, the license plates of the District of Columbia (whose residents pay taxes to the federal government, but do not elect representatives or senators to congress) have featured the slogan “Taxation Without Representation”.

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QJP1a TIL that despite infamously campaigning on "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," Alabama governor George Wallace later renounced segregationism, publicly apologized to the black community, and appointed record numbers of African Americans to state positions and his cabinet.
yRnv TIL of Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Thousands of visitors would line up each Sunday for a brief word of advice or blessing from him. He would give each person a dollar to give to charity, because of his grandfather’s belief that when two people meet, it should benefit a third".
gMQAD TIL the jacket worn on the cover of Michael Jackson's BAD album was made by a cult
ENo0 TIL When Britain abolished slavery they simply bought up all the slaves and freed them. It cost a third of the entire national budget, around £100 billion in today’s money.
69X77 TIL that Nike created a pair of shoes that were so advanced, they were banned from the Olympics because they were considered as technological doping.The Alphaflys, or “the shoe that broke running”, as sports scientist Dr Ross Tuckercalled them, contain tech designed to deliver greater energy return