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TIL that prejudice against people with red hair is a real phenomenon

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kPJW TIL the head of Columbia Studios had Sammy Davis Jr. kidnapped by the Mafia to keep him from marrying a white woman.
R5dwQ TIL about Chaser. She learned to identify and retrieve 1,022 different toys by their individual names.
6EXRw TIL during a press conference in June 1943 Congressman Andrew May noted that Japanese depth charges detonated too soon to be effective. The Japanese changed depth charge tactics after the press releases, killing 800 US submariners
44xN TIL that the Moon was proposed to be the 51st State of the USA
LQVlr TIL that there is no commandment saying "thou shalt not lie", instead it's just "shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour".