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TIL the former Bloods and Crips gang leaders made peace with each other and started an organization to promote peace in their communities. They’re now training former gang members and community leaders to help younger generations.

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j6PXQ TIL the myth of a Deaf Frenchman and a hearing American teaching each other their languages on an ocean voyage in 1816, prior to establishing the first school for the Deaf in the US is not only true, but meticulously-documented. (And The Lincoln statue hands really do show his initials in ASL.)
memx TIL Harambe means “all pull together” in Swahili, and is the official motto of Kenya
Lk6vm TIL that during his Nobel Prize speech, Alexander Fleming warned about the potential for antibiotic resistance with improper use of Penicillin
gAj7 TIL that the U.S. government produced 500,000 Purple Heart medals to prepare for the 1945 invasion of Japan. When the operation never took place, the medals were placed in storage and distributed. All military action since then (including Korea and Vietnam) still has not depleted the supply.
edy6 TIL a caterpillar turns almost entirely into liquid before rebuilding itself as a butterfly.