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TIL Leonard Nimoy fought to get pay equity for Nichelle Nichols on Star Trek in the 1960s

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rGL1 TIL That there is a desk full of candy at the entrance to the US Senate Floor.
epBrD TIL about Absolute Music, music that is not explicitly "about" anything. The debate over whether music has, or ought to have, extramusical meaning, has been subject to debate since at least the 19th century.
x6mrw TIL a motorcyclist survived after getting knocked out when a pigeon smashed through his helmet visor & caused him to accelerate from 50mph to 140mph while unconscious. He remained on the bike for 200 more yards before he hit a tree. He had 2 skull fractures with bleeding to his brain & a broken leg.
ZjPB TIL In 1922-23 the United States funded a massive famine relief effort in the Soviet Union. Thousands of kitchens fed 10.5 million Soviet citizens a day. This consequently helped stabilize the Lenin government.
0dNdj TIL in silkworm farms of 16th century Italy, delicate silkworm eggs were incubated by women who carried them in small bags next to their skin, sometimes between their breasts