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TIL Cracker Barrel got in trouble for segregation…in 2004

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J1mv8 TIL: Beneath a Czech chapel lies a haunting collection of bones from over 40,000 souls
R7X6a TIL that birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the mass extinction, because they were small enough to burrow, had beaks and were smarter than other small beaked dinosaurs.
69moZ TIL In 1967, a rocket from an F-4 Phantom was accidentally fired on the deck of the USS Forrestal due to a power surge. The rocket struck the fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk, causing a fire which then detonated the aircraft bombs. 21 aircraft were lost, 40 damaged and 167 sailors killed.
j66Za TIL the word "salad" comes from Latin "herba salata" ("salted herb") because vegetables were seasoned with brine or salty oil-and-vinegar dressings during Roman times.
p8D4Q TIL Ringo Starr plays the drums left-handed on a right-handed drum set.