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TIL that some people remember their dreams only in black and white.

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W7oNB TIL of the Community of Christ, a liberal offshoot of the Mormon Church, that has been performing same-sex marriages for ten years.
WDN9 TIL Charlie Chaplin openly pleaded against fascism, war, capitalism, and WMDs in his movies. He was slandered by the FBI & banned from the USA in ‘52. Offered an Honorary Academy award in '72, he hesitantly returned & received a 12-minute standing ovation; the longest in the Academy’s history.
0eNR TIL 78-year-old Dashrath Manjhi in India spent 22 years carving a 1km road through rocky hills, using only a hammer and chisel, to allow people of his isolated village easy access to the nearest town doctor.
8agDZ TIL that Dr. Bronner, of the "all-one" Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, fled to the United States in 1929 and urged his parents to come with him. The last he heard from them was "You were right," before they were killed in the Holocaust.
ne8oP TIL that the oldest company still operating today Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company, that dates to 578 AD