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TIL the dedication ceremony for the Lincoln Memorial was segregated.

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Exlx TIL that Gandhi advocated Great Britain to surrender to Hitler and Mussolini. “If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will let them… you will allow yourself, man, woman and child, to be slaughtered.”
ep69L TIL The Gospel of Judas, discovered in 2007, is one of many of "non-canonical" gospels from the same periods as the 4 canon gospels, and are, in some cases, arbitraliy excluded: Marcion, Judas, Mani, Apelles, & Bardesanes, etc. Some paint Jesus's teachings as more dharmic.
b6g9N TIL that the Fair Labor Standards Act -- which prohibits child labor in the United States -- does not apply to agricultural jobs. An estimated 79,000 children produce about 25% of the picking harvest in USA.
OoPX TIL that the world record for holding your breath is 22 minutes, 22 seconds.
ZpdBo TIL QB Jared Lorenzen is the heaviest quarterback to have played in the NFL, and has a Super Bowl ring to his name as Eli Mannings' backup. He struggled with his weight most of his life and succumbed to it at age 38 after an injury ended his arena football career and his weight ballooned.