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TIL that Muhammad Ali threw his 1960 Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River, following is refused service at a “whites-only” restaurant. He would be awarded with an honorary medal in 1996.

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jNgdN TIL the use of phrenology was largely responsible for the racial divide that resulted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide which killed over 1 million people
YpOOx TIL the only place France borders the Netherlands is in... the Caribbean. The island of Saint Martin is divided between French Saint-Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten.
Rrm6 TIL a man in Australia has a unique antibody in his blood and his donations have helped save over 2 million babies
gLNL TIL In 2002, a brothel in Fremantle (Western Australia) had to be closed down because U.S sailors pushed prostitutes to exhaustion.
kJ4pB TIL about "Reporter's Privilege" which protects journalists from having to reveal their sources of information in court due to the delicate nature of their work that relies of secret information