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TIL Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 and is an African-American thing, not an African holiday

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ADA44 TIL that the United Nations officially use British English instead of American English
xQZb TIL a 1981 arcade in Chicago put a camera in one of their machines so players who got a high score could put their picture on the high score screen. It lasted one day before a guy used it to take a picture of his junk
OjvL TIL the actor who played Max and Dani’s dad in Hocus Pocus, Charles Rocket, was found dead in a field with his throat cut in 2005. His death was ruled a suicide.
GYaej TIL: Queen's university's Medical School banned black medical students in 1918 and did not consider black applicants until 1965. The ban, however, was not officially removed until 2018.
1OOW TIL that NATO founded a secret organisation which would stay behind and fight a guerrilla war in case of a Soviet invasion. This same organisation was linked to multiple terrorist attacks throughout Europe.