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TIL about segregation academies, private schools founded in the US after Brown v. BoE to preserve segregation. They persist, segregated to this day, many segregation academies have student bodies that are >84% white in school districts where the student body is as little as <10% white.

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X078P TIL: The "Leatherman" was a person dressed in a leather suit who would repeat a 365 mile route for over 30 years. He would stop at towns for supplies and lived in various "Leatherman caves". When archeologists dug up his grave in 2011, they found no remains, only coffin nails.
xyjo TIL Doris “Granny D” Haddock was a political activist who walked over 3000 miles around the age of 90 to advocate for a single cause: campaign finance reform.
aKMM TIL that a tomb was built inside the U.S. Capitol for George Washington’s remains. The tomb is still accessible but not open to the public. He was instead buried at Mount Vernon by the wish of his will.
QmEe TIL that a man sneezed out the tip (penny sized) of a toy dart while at his computer. It had been lodged unknowingly in his nasal cavity for 44 years. He had to confirm with his mom…
X0kM6 TIL car manufacturers camouflage their new upcoming cars with a special vinyl wrapping that is designed to confuse our brains by breaking up a vehicle’s shape, and making the eye work harder to discern distinguishing details.