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TIL that hundreds of African-Americans in the Selma to Montgomery marches wore yarmulkes after learning that Jews wear them in the presence of God, believing that God was present in their march for freedom.

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Br7Lk TIL that a British ship deliberately threw slaves into the ocean in order to cash in on the insurance of the slaves.
N7WDM TIL When most people think of Civil War surgery they envision a poor soldier being forcibly held down while his arm or leg is amputated without the benefit of anesthesia. This Hollywood concept of Civil War surgery is far from accurate.
LkoMV TIL Occupy Wall Street was Infiltrated by the US Gov't and Dismantled from Within
W7veo TIL the 1983 film "Taking Tiger Mountain" was based on William S. Burroughs' 1979 novel "Blade Runner: a Movie," which was originally a film treatment for Alan E. Nourse's 1973 novel "The Bladerunner" (the title of which was used for the otherwise unrelated 1982 film "Blade Runner").
4RQR TIL that Monsanto once created a town in Illinois so it could build a factory in a town with low taxes and lax regulations. The town is now home to a huge superfund site