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TIL that a university found a white student guilty of racial harassment for reading a book titled Notre Dame vs. the Klan even though the book honored student opposition to the klan when it marched on Notre Dame in 1924.

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OGnQX TIL the Swiss Guard who guards the Pope must take a vow of celibacy, pass Swiss Army basic training and several other things. They had had a heroic last stand where they were massacred defending Rome in 1527 and there are only 135 of them at one time.
OGAB6 TIL some ants and many other social insects bury their dead. Some even have dedicated corpse-bearers and create whole tombs within their nests. The behavior is known as necrophoresis - a way to prevent pathogens and pests from affecting the rest of the colony.
0d7MM TIL Oliver Stone started writing the screenplay for Platoon on July 4, 1976 after a fireworks display triggered his Vietnam War flashbacks.
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