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TIL when racial segregation was ruled unconstitutional, Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to “Preserve the Peace” by blocking black students. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reacted by federalizing Arkansas National Guard assuming control to then protect the black students

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W7woN TIL; The title, "October Sky", of the 1999 biographical movie about teens studying rocketry as an escape from their coal town was an anagram of the novel it was based on, "Rocket Boys". The novel was then re-released under the title "October Sky" to capitalize on the interest in the movie.
x6Kvw TIL Barry Manilow wrote and performed the iconic ad jingles "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there", and "I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!" (for which he adopted a child like voice) and McDonald's "you deserve a break today"
MQ70 TIL that in 1993 a “toxic lady” (who had been ingesting large amount of Dimethyl Sulfoxide) in Riverside, CA caused doctors and nurses to become severely ill when they were exposed to her body and blood.
g0w7 TIL in 2001 Florida passed a law requiring single mothers to publish their full names and physical descriptions in a newspaper along with a list of the last 5 men they’d had sex with before they could put children up for adoption
j696X TIL: The ruins of Diocletian's Palace became shelter for the few remaining civilized people after the fall of the Roman Empire, taking advantage of the palace's robust walls from Barbarian raids. Over time it turned into the city of Split, as people settled and built homes inside the palace walls.