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TIL the Caste System is not really abolished in India and that it affects many people in their day to day lives even today.

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lo97K TIL African dodger (or Hit the Coon or Hit the N***** Baby) was a carnival game played in the US, in which an African-American man would stick his head through a curtain, and try to dodge objects, such as eggs or baseballs, thrown at him by players. It was played until the 1950s.
1668O TIL that Icebreaker ships don't really crack ice with a sharp bow, rather they break it by first riding the bow up on top of the ice, and then crushing it to pieces underneath the ship's immense weight
a8pB0 TIL that Tubercolosis was long thought to be associated with poetic and artistic qualities in its sufferers, and was also known as "the romantic disease". People believed that the fever and infections brought by the disease helped artists view life more clearly.
YvOv TIL that Captain Jean-Luc Picard did originally have a French accent, but it was scrapped because no one could take it seriously. According to Patrick Stewart, “it sounded like Inspector Clouseau.”
NrP1 TIL Bill Cosby’s son was murdered in 1997. His character “Little Bill” was based on his son.