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TIL In 1972, Uganda expelled tens of thousands of Asians

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x6eP7 TIL of the lesbian Blood Sisters, who, starting in San Diego in 1983, gave their own blood and organised blood drives to make up the shortfall after gay men were banned from donating because of the AIDS crisis.
OoPl7 TIL that Mister Rogers, in 1968 --the same year as the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, hired the first black actor to have a recurring role on a children’s show --François Clemmons. Clemmons portrayed a police officer on Mister Rogers neighborhood.
b9PQN TIL Johnny Knoxville turned down a spot on SNL. SNL saw a demo tape of his show Jackass and offered him a spot on the show. However, he turned it down "because he wanted to work with his friends and have full control of his work."
16ZD TIL that the Lone Ranger is the Green Hornet’s Uncle
ean6 TIL that the honey bird of Kenya has evolved a special call used exclusively to communicate with humans. It uses the call to lead villagers to hidden beehives in exchange for some of the honey–two vastly different species consciously working together.