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TIL in 1918, after a white man was killed by a black man, a white mob went on a week-long riot and killed at least 13 people, including an African-American woman. She was burned alive, and her unborn baby was cut from her stomach and crushed because she spoke out against her husband’s murder.

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d8kDr TIL that there is an unusual instrument called the celeste/celesta which looks like a piano, but has metal plates like a xylophone, instead of strings, inside. This instrument is what gives the Nutcracker's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, and the Harry Potter theme, their distinct sound.
wolG1 TIL a man named Max Herve-George has an insurance policy that lets him trade stocks based on last week's prices. It was known as the stupidest contract ever signed.
9Yn8G TIL that Steve Irwin did a collaboration with The Wiggles!
QJGBk TIL about the Yao tribe who calls for a specific bird species to find them bees nests, after which the tribe takes the honey and leaves the wax for the birds in a rare case of human mutualism with wild animals.
N75rE TIL: Many Native North American cultures have historically recognized the existence of a third gender, or a "two-spirit" person. Someone who is regarded as neither male or female