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TIL that between 1968-99, Black, Latinx, and Asian American UC students led multiple strikes on campus to demand ethnic studies courses, fair admission practices, and scholarships for POCs.

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ADj4o TIL, (that) ticks "can be submerged in water for 2-3 days," and that it's best to tape a 'removed' tick to an index card incase physical problems arise from said tick bite, and can be sent off to a lab for analysis.
0wrKR TIL that the condom-based toilets used by male NASA astronauts to pee came in three sizes: "small", "medium", "large". After some leaking events, the sizes were informally changed to "extra large", "immense" and "unbelievable".
R7WEj TIL the massive changes in the population and wealth of Europe caused by the Black Death was one of the reasons the Renaissance happened.
DwMJ TIL in March 1945 almost all the wealth stolen by the Nazis was found sealed in a Mine. There was so much gold, it took until 1998 before it was all redistributed.
VMRL8 TIL that Sweden has an underwater sign of an animated, LED gay sailor to deter Russian submarines from entering Sweden’s waters.