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TIL: The teacher character in the interstitial tracks of "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" is played by Ras Baraka, current Mayor of Newark NJ and son of writer Amiri Baraka.

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WkAEL TIL that Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court in September 21, 1981 with a vote of 99-0. She retired on January 31, 2006.
nWBaW TIL England has rainforests
61aJ TIL the egg came first, from an animal that was not a chicken.
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