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TIL Sesame Street was one banned for nearly a month in Mississippi during the early 70s due to its black and hispanic cast members

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W7JrB TIL 18 year old Milton Olive III saved the lives of 4 soldiers by grabbing a grenade that was thrown in their midst and falling on it to absorb the blast with his body. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, he was the first African American recipient from the Vietnam War.
Dobg TIL renowned French philosopher and mathematician Descartes had a fetish for cross-eyed women.
NJ0b TIL that beer hops contain a naturally-occurring acid that can kill varroa mites, a parasite killing off honey bee colonies.
XEPJk TIL that officer Tennpenny from GTA San Andreas is voiced by Samuel L. Jackson
Wmb8 TIL that an hour without eating means certain death for the Pygmy Shrew, whose heart beats 20 times per second.