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TIL the Zoot Suit is still illegal in Los Angeles

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xVjAw TIL that, in addition to Father Christmas, Icelanders are visited by the 13 Yule Lads (including Sausage-Swiper, Spoon-Licker, & Door-Sniffer), as well as their giant pet cat Jólakötturinn, who eats children who don't receive new clothes for Christmas.
RxX4 TIL A consumer reports poll found that 93% of doctors are concerned about the common meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy animals
Ool61 TIL U.S. President Herbert Hoover, as an undergraduate student, organized the first ever 'Big Game' football pairing between UC Berkeley and Stanford in 1892. It is now one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States.
x6Eg7 TIL The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has its own version of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
Wkd6A TIL in 1959, rather than integrate, Prince Edward County in Virginia closed all of their public schools for FIVE YEARS. White children attended state-subsidized "private schools". No provision was made for educating the county's black children.