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TIL The Beatles refused to play for segregated audiences in the U.S.

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exR4 TIL the iconic ‘Blue marble’ photograph of the earth was originally oriented with the south pole at the top. However, the image was turned upside-down to fit the traditional view of the world as popularized by the mercator projection.
ADOka TIL that Kal Penn, the comedian that played "Kumar" in the movie "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" became the Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement in 2009.
rNJBe TIL American women's rights advocate Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) argued in her landmark essay 'On the Equality of the Sexes' in part by highlighting women's "talent for slander" to show women's power of "creative faculty"
BYZy TIL that in 1964 there was a poll asking white New Yorkers about civil rights: about 50% said nonviolent demonstrations were harmful to the cause. A large number spoke of black people getting “everything on a silver platter” and there being “reverse discrimination” against whites.
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