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Today I learned optimism is 25% inherited

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gMVaD TIL about The Freedom Riders. Buses filled with black and white would travel to the south to test the law that banned segregation on interstate travel. They were attacked and firebombed then assaulted numerous times.
78BGp TIL The French still had colonies in Africa until 1977. Djibouti gained it's independence on June 27th 1977. Same year as Star Wars episode IV.
Wk8rL TIL that ELO's first album, which was titled 'The Electric Light Orchestra', was released in the USA under the name 'No Answer'; someone had called a United Artists Records executive to ask about the album name, and after failing to reach a contact, wrote 'no answer' in his notes
Xxp8 TIL that elephant dung is being converted into odor-free paper to benefit the elephants of Sri Lanka.
b1WN TIL During human embryological growth, the anus is the first structure to develop. Unfortunately many humans never develop beyond this point and continue through life as assholes.