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TIL that Ketchup was sold as a medicine against digestive problems in 1830

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W7LMo TIL that Terry Crews is a very talented illustrator. He apparently had an art scholarship before he had a football scholarship.
RQn8 TIL that in your lifetime, you are statistically bound to breathe in one molecule of air that’s been breathed by every other human throughout history
rNGV1 TIL that Waylon Jennings voluntarily gave up his seat to J. P. Richardson on the doomed flight that killed Buddy Holly
dJLj TIL in the Middle Ages warmed bread was placed in drinks to add flavor. By the 1700s, dunking toasted bread in a drink became a sign of respect. In Modern times, only the term “toast” remains when everyone raising a glass in salute.
xVoY1 TIL that racial segregation in the American South didn't begin right after the Civil War; it was imposed in the 1890s when rich whites in the South feared the Populist movement bringing poor whites and blacks together. Segregation literally stopped the two sides from legally gathering together.