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TIL the average Black American has roughly 1/4 European ancestry

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MmeK TIL Nikola Tesla’s statue in Silicon Valley provides a free wi-fi signal to nearby people.
xVP1D TIL of Sehmat Khan, a young Indian girl and spy who got married to a Pakistani Army Officer during the Indo-Pak war of 1971 to gain confidential information and ended up saving thousands of lives by providing information about a Naval attack.
pYWdA TIL that Ruth Handler of Barbie fame was the first to market toys to kids rather than parents by advertising a toy machine gun on Mickey Mouse Club. The ad campaign was worth entire Mattel market cap at the time.
RJKw TIL that Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory didn’t have Charlie in the name because at the time of release, the Vietnam War was at its height and American soldiers referred to both Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces as “Charlie”.
9Y1aX TIL: India is projected to be the most populous nation on earth by 2024