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TIL Cracker Barrel got in trouble for segregation…in 2004

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VMY14 TIL in 1561 there was allegedly a mass sighting of glowing shapes and a large triangular object engaged in an aerial battle over Nuremburg, Germany. The objects eventually fell from the sky, crashing into the ground while burning and smoking.
woVKJ TIL of COCONUTS-2b, a giant gas planet that takes over 1 million years to orbit around its star
4Gb TIL in 1960 a man jumped out of a helium balloon from a height of 31km, near the edge of space, and fell for 15 minutes straight.
XEy9R TIL saltwater crocodiles sometimes venture into open ocean, can travel hundreds of kilometers in a matter of days using ocean currents, and can spend so long in the ocean that barnacles begin to grow on their scales.
b9LVa TIL the Chinese invented toilet paper.