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TIL Terry Crews first got an art scholarship to WMU BEFORE he ever played football for the school.

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GLKg TIL that in the 1960s, Nichelle Nichols, the black actress that played Uhura in Star Trek, wanted to quit the show. MLK himself talked her out of quitting the role because he believed presenting a black woman working alongside white men would help further the goal of racial equality.
JY0nj TIL This Ohio Dad Booked 6 Flights Just to Join His Flight Attendant Daughter During Her Christmas Shifts in 2018.
rRj60 TIL Switzerland has 7 simultaneous "presidents", each with equal power. Every year they rotate control of 7 federal depts & who acts as "head of state" (e.g. when dealing with other countries). They come from various parties — right now it's 2 conservatives, 2 liberals, 2 socialists, and a centrist
aVx9 TIL That rain can cause cherries to split or mold while ripening, ruining the entire crop. Water collects in the divot where the stem attaches to the cherry. After a rain, cherry growers will hire helicopters to fly low over the cherry trees to dry off the cherries and shake the tree branches.
kr61 TIL The city of Lusail, the host city of the 2022 World Cup Final, doesn’t exist yet.