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TIL South Africa Was Banned From the Olympics For 32 Years Due to Apartheid

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QJ7QE TIL that already in 1932, The Communist Party USA nominated James W Ford, a black man, as their candidate for the vice presidency.
ne6mP TIL Momus was sued by (sexually reassigned) Wendy Carlos for $22 million for Momus's song "Walter Carlos", which suggested that Wendy could timetravel back to marry her pre-surgery self, Walter. Momus's next album was crowdfunded sketches in the style of 'Walter Carlos', to pay the legal fees.
mx1JY About a third of our planet’s food goes to waste. That’s enough food to feed the nearly 800 million people going hungry and then some.
7wxM TIL Compton has its own Cricket club, who have met Prince Edward and played a game of cricket against the staff at Windsor Castle.
kO6NW TIL Humans are psychologically hardwired to blame the victim. The “just-world bias” happens because our brains crave predictability, and as such, we tend to blame victims of unfairness rather than reject the comforting worldview suggesting that good will be rewarded and evil punished.