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TIL in England during WWII the US military demanded segregation. The locals in Lancashire complied and put a “Black Troops Only” sign on a pub and a mini-race-war ensued.

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ePDJ TIL in 2005, a student in England made a 1 million pixel webpage and put up the space for sale at $1 per pixel. He did this in order to pay for college and he was successful, selling out in less than 6 months.
AxKn TIL: theres a rare breed of chicken where the entire chicken is solid black. The meat, skin, organs, bones, bone marrow, tongue, and eyes are solid black. Each one cost $2500.
AD5yw TIL pirates wore an eyepatch to have one eye adjusted to the dark at all times. So, they could go below deck, swap the eyepatch, and instantly see in the dark.
j66LR TIL; in the 1970s there were four "Airport" disaster movies. In real life, all the planes went back into passenger service. Eventually 3 of the planes crashed, including the Concorde which crashed outside of Paris in 2000, killing all 107 people on board.
PYxDG TIL in 1957 Tulsa Oklahoma buried a Plymouth Belvedere to commemorate Oklahoma’s 50th anniversary. In addition, citizens entered guesses as to what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007, closets person would win the car. When the vault was opened it was filled with water and the car was ruined.