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TIL that in 2007 black leaders of Noxubee County Mississippi were found guilty of orchestrating “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.

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6EKO7 TIL the Titanic isn't the largest passenger ship wreck on the sea floor. Its sister ship, the Brittanic, sank in WWI during its service as a hospital ship, after hitting a sea mine near Greece. 1035 survived while 30 people died, most from a lifeboat hitting the ship's propeller.
DnLY TIL that Nirvana was kicked out of their own release party for Nevermind because of a food fight.
Qy5e TIL: Freddie Mercury was Indian and took much pride in this, though it is generally over shadowed by him being an iconic British Rockstar
4XRGJ TIL that interracial marriage was technically illegal in Alabama until 2000 (although unenforceable due to Loving v Virginia). In the 2000 referendum, only 59% of people voted in favour of removing these anti-miscegenation clauses from the state constitution
mxyDv TIL Pluto is legally still a planet in Illinois