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TIL the best place to see rainbow is Hawaii

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QJRwp TIL of the violent episode of the civil rights movement, the Orangeburg Massacre. On February 8, 1968, a civil rights protest at South Carolina State University turned deadly when 3 young men were killed, 28 people wounded, shot as they fled the assault by law enforcement.
kOwJW TIL that Golden Girl Bea Arthur was one of the first female marines to serve in WWII. She enlisted just 1 week after the Marine Corps began recruiting women.
9KbM TIL the prune industry asked the FDA to relabel prunes as “dried plums” because “prunes” weren’t selling. It worked.
LrkQ TIL that some wolf handlers will not enter captive wolf enclosures if they have a cold or other vulnerability because the wolves can smell it and are more likely to attack.
nWpPY TIL that A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and WALL-E were all brainstormed over a single lunch