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TIL that for more than 50 years, Chicago Public Schools required that Male Students be nude while attending Swimming Classes. Female students were allowed to wear swimsuits.

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ANkaw TIL in 2021 music sales finally returned to the same level as their historical peak, which was in 1999.
7rdVp TIL during WWI, the British Army had a group of entertainers assigned to every division. They offered soldiers a respite from war, reminded them of home, and provided a neutral outlet to air grievances. "The Diamond Troupe" was most famous because of their female impersonator and trick cyclist.
nwa9 TIL that Anne Frank’s family was denied visas by the U.S. government because of stricter immigration policies.
OopdY TIL in 2012 wanting a dad was the tenth highest requested Christmas gift by children in the UK.
woOmW TIL a cave pool in Death Valley called Devil’s Hole experiences a “desert tsunami” when high magnitude earthquakes occur even thousands of miles away, risking endangering the pupfish species which exist nowhere on earth but this cave in heart of one of the most dry deserts on earth.