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TIL Morgan Freeman said the concept of a month dedicated to black history is “ridiculous”: “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.”

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j7nn TIL, according to a report in Britain’s BMJ medical journal, nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins.
VMK8D TIL On April 30th 2003, the world rocket sled speed record was broken at Holloman High Speed Test Track, New Mexico. The sled reached Mach 9, 9465 feet per second (6453 mph) producing 228,000lbs thrust over 1.4 seconds. The track speed limit is currently set at Mach 10.
1aaxd TIL John Travolta owns a Boeing 707 and his house is an airport
gMGED TIL John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was declared by Congress as the National March of the United States in 1987, over 90 years after it was first composed
BgoPd TIL: The construction of the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) began in 1248 and wasn’t completed until 1880—taking over 630 years due to centuries-long pauses, changing styles, and revived interest in Gothic architecture centuries after it started