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TIL in 1959, a white author underwent skin treatments to appear African-American, hitchhiked around the Pre-Civil Rights South to experience hatred and racism firsthand, then wrote a bestselling book about it.

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E15w TIL in 1962 Neil Armstrong’s parents appeared on the TV show “I’ve Got A Secret”. Host Gary Moore asked, “…if it turns out that your son is the first man to land on the moon, how would you feel?”
pRMZ TIL on the first splashdown by a Soviet crew, the Soyuz capsule landed in the middle of blizzard ,punched through a frozen lake, went fully underwater and the lake above them froze over partially requiring an intense rescue operation lasting 9 hours under −22 °C.
0d901 TIL: Orcas Are Called Killer Whale Because They Hunt Whales
a8VrM TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend.
9Yr9Q TIL The RAC have a function in their vans that transforms into a towing device or a complete trailer to recover vehicles.