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TIL Jackie Robinson served in the first black tank unit to see action in WW2, but missed deployment due to his court-martial for refusing to move to the back of a bus.

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yQ0B8 TIL when the University of California, San Diego is moving from being a D2 school to a D1 school in college sports, students will have to pay an additional $480 per year in fees
4Xg1R TIL that President Gerald Ford stood up for civil rights in 1934 by threatening to quit his college football team, unless they let Willis Ward (African American) play against the south’s Georgia Tech. He agreed to play only after Ward asked him to, because they couldn’t afford to lose that game.
R5Rm4 TIL there is a cult tribe in Australia that aim to produce 144,000 male virgins that will "prepare the way for Christs second coming. ALSO they run a popular cafe lol
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PYkon TIL that the south-asian kingdom of Bhutan uses GNH (Gross National Happiness) to measure its growth and success, instead of GDP (Gross Domestic Product).