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TIL Fergie was not an original member of Black Eyed Peas. She replaced Kim Hill who left from growing concerns of objectification as the group was going mainstream in the early 2000s.

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GoQN TIL Harvard Law School listed a white professor who was 1/32nd cherokee as a minority professor in response to criticisms about a lack of faculty diversity
0an5 TIL that there is a cafe/concert venue, called Che Cafe, on University of California San Diego campus that the city and school shut down almost a year ago. The patrons have had a 24/7 sit in since the eviction notice keeping it open, and continues to do regular concerts.
OZo6 TIL John Wilkes Booth strategically chose to shoot President Lincoln during what was widely considered the funniest line of the play, so that the uproarious laughter would muffle the sound of his gunshot.
b6o59 TIL that gunpowder was accidentally discovered when Chinese alchemists tried to develop a "fountain of youth" potion.
9wLGG TIL The Mpemba effect is the name given to the observation that a liquid (typically water) which is initially hot can freeze faster than the same liquid which begins cold, under otherwise similar conditions.