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TIL: Babe Ruth was regularly called “Nigger Lips”

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W7xEo TIL of the anti-slavery book "The Impending Crisis of the South" published before the civil war which sought to convince southerners to abandon slavery by appealing to their self-interest using economic arguments rather than any appeal to morality. Three men were hanged in Arkansas for owning a copy
xJr7 TIL Most Americans Believe Crime in U.S. Is Worsening, Despite a sharp decline since the mid-1990s
jbmQ TIL Cleopatra’s tomb may have been discovered by a self-tought archaeologist, in a location long dismissed by professionals.
9ZVB TIL “Roman” fonts such as Times New Roman are all based on one man’s handwriting.
j6Q9n TIL the name Häagen-Dazs was invented to sound Danish by an American with no actual knowledge of the language. By coincidence, it roughly translates to "Garden Outhouse".