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TIL No federal legislation specifically opposing lynching was passed in the US until 2022

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yQwEJ TIL in 1996 a study was conducted that determined approx. 79% of all paper currency in the US had cocaine residue on it.
b6J1Z TIL Robert C. Campbell, a Captain in the British Army in WWI. Captured as a prisoner of war by Imperial Germany in 1914, he was held in captivity for two years before appealing to the Kaiser for a visit to his dying mother. He was allowed and voluntarily returned to POW Camp until the end of the War
woYv6 TIL : The Brazilian government couldn't afford to send its 69 athletes to the 1932 Los Angeles Games, so they herded them onto a ship with 50,000 sacks of Brazilian coffee, hoping to sell the beans to various ports of call on the way to California.
rRENM TIL about UY Scuti. It is the largest star we have ever discovered, and is thought to be the largest star in our galaxy. If it were to replace our Sun, its surface would reach the orbit of Saturn.
yYwJ TIL that playing TETRIS soon after viewing traumatic material, reduces the amount of flashbacks experienced the next week. This is thought to be because the game interrupts memories of the sights and sounds.