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TIL New York’s public schools are now more segregated than Mississippi’s.

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NXgnE TIL that the Giants and Dodgers used to be based in New York and Brooklyn respectively. For different reasons they both coincidentally moved to the West Coast around the same time, continuing their same-state rivalry
m1pbp TIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plants
7r0Lr TIL In 1871, Judge R.B. Orb introduced avocados to California, which now accounts for 90% of avocado production.
QNJ9 TIL that placing a stamp upside down means “I love you.” Stamp orientation has conveyed protest and secret messages for decades across the world.
65WZ TIL The term “surfing the Internet” was created in 1992 by author Jean Armour Polly. She came up with the term because her mouse pad had a picture of a surfer on it.