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TIL Some Midwesterners eat cinnamon rolls with their chili.

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VKWp TIL: There is an Executive Order for “plain language” in the US government to make official documents accessible to the public.
yQN5w TIL when the first concrete bridge in Asia was opened in Muvattupuzha(India) in 1914, the chief engineer W H Emrald and his wife sat beneath the bridge in a boat while 15 elephants walked over it to convince the public that the bridge is strong & stable
v16xL TIL that, on August 31, 2001, a standoff ensued between two marijuana enthusiast campground owners and the FBI, leading to the two being shot dead on September 3rd. News of the events would soon be eclipsed by 9/11.
N7xwM TIL about an actual "Sleeping Beauty" in that there's a 99 year old (100 this coming December) perfectly preserved body of a 1 year old, named Rosalia Lombardo. She died of Pneumonia in 1920 & filled with grief, her father enlisted Alfredo Salafia to embalm her body so she can be preserved forever.
MeWpV TIL about Walter White -- no, not the Breaking Bad Walter White -- but Walter Francis White, a Black American NAACP activist who infiltrated hate groups because he was light skinned and investigated lynchings. He was instrumental in setting up the NAACP fund which fought segregation.