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TIL that the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was illegal in 1867, making Iowa one of the first states to integrate its schools.

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aBjN TIL That in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1922, an entire family was murdered by the police because the father was a respected catholic businessman. The government of Northern Ireland carried out no investigation into the murders.
6EWoX TIL during an annual toad migration in Germany, volunteers set up a “toad fence” along the sides of the road to protect the amphibians from getting run over. The animals are trapped in bucket and carried to the other side of the road each day. More than half a million are saved each year.
dDw6B TIL About a particular racial slur and it's effects on afflicted communities. Particularly Naggers
pwYb TIL Bear Grylls has launched a survival academy. There are 3-day or 6-day courses currently offered in Scotland and will be expanding to the US in 2013.
8arDZ TIL that Decision theory is the study of an agent's choices. Decision theory can be broken into two branches: normative decision theory, which analyzes the outcomes of decisions or determines the optimal decisions given constraints and assumptions.