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TIL-Blackface minstrelsy was the first uniquely American form of theater

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woYRY TIL a monk was killed in around 391 AD when he leapt into the arena to stop a gladiator fight, which led to the emperor issuing a ban on gladiator bouts throughout the Empire.
XQ7X TIL we now have the capability to wipe mosquitoes, and potentially the Zika virus, off the face of the Earth.
QDAL TIL that, in 2008, about 30,000 high school students agreed to write “this is Sparta” in their AP exam booklets.
XNDP TIL Peggy Bundy, played by Katey Sagal, whose real life pregnancy was written into season 6. When the actress suffered a miscarriage, the pregnancy storyline was written as a dream of Al’s, as it was felt it would be too traumatic for Katey Sagal to work with an infant.
b9g57 TIL That Men experience a significant/abrupt decrease in testosterone levels after sugar intake.