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Today I learned that in 1970 Mississippi banned Sesame Street because it’s integrated cast was too controversial at the time

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kJ0a1 TIL that Duluth, Minnesota is the world's farthest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships. It’s accessible to the Atlantic Ocean 2,300 miles (3,700 km) away via the Great Lakes Waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway.
5Y6kR TIL after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed 200.000 people, UN peacekeepers from Nepal were sent to the country. Sadly, the peacekeepers brought cholera with them leading to a massive outbreak which infected 800.000 people, and killing at least 9000.
GNR1 TIL that if Scotland wins it vote for independence from the UK, the Union Jack might be changed. This will cause 23 different countries to change their flag
BrVed TIL: A couple hundred metalheads with kazoos showed up at Virginia's State Capital to counter protest the a Kansas-based hate group (Westboro Baptist Church. )
w4EP TIL in Hamburg, Germany, there is a Food Additives Museum dedicated to the emulsifiers, stabilizers, dyes, thickeners, preservatives, and flavorings in our everyday foods. The exhibits explains the history and current landscape of food additives in an informational rather than political way.