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TIL That During Segregation, It Was Illegal In the State of Alabama For a Black Person And a White Person To Play Checkers Together.

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PYkRV TIL that those wounded while fighting in the French Foreign Legion can immediately apply to be a French citizen as they are "French by spilled blood".
nEdo TIL a Stanford study found out of China, Japan, Korea, or the US, Japan had the LEAST nationalistic history textbooks, despite other claims you may read on Reddit.
kOg85 TIL that the company formed by the Beatles to handle their wealth was mismanaged by them and exploited by their employees who purchased drugs and alcohol, lunched at expensive restaurants, and made regularly international calls, and lent money to people never to be seen again.
kOdxe TIL The Roman Colosseum was sometimes flooded to re-enact sea battles
MeoBm TIL Subway spent $22M in 2007 keeping shows Chuck and Community on air, giving them creative freedom as long as they showed their subs. The creator of Community decided to show Subway any chance he could. The Chief Marketing Officer of Subway at the time said they "experienced double digit gains".