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TIL that a high school in Morgan Freeman's hometown of Charleston, Mississippi held its first racially integrated prom in 2008, 54 years after the Brown v Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. Freeman offered to pay for the event if the school board agreed to desegregate.

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W7k7Y TIL In 1989 A gas pipeline alongside the Trans-Siberian Railway exploded just as two trains passed each other simultaneously, killing 575 people. Known as the Ufa Train disaster
dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
MevXa TIL that every year, a regatta is held in Alice Springs. Due to the lack of water in Central Australia, contestants have to carry bottomless "boats" trough a dried-out river. When the river did carry water in 1993, the regatta became "the only regatta ever cancelled because of wet weather".
e0jYJ TIL there’s only one letter (Q) that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.
wL0a8 TIL of Grecia. A Costa Rican Toucan who had the top half of his bill destroyed by several teenagers who attacked him. He now leads a happy life thanks to his 3D-printed beak. And he's even a better singer than before! :)