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TIL Baseball legend Jackie Robinson was court-martialed for refusing to move to the back of a bus. Six violations of the Articles of War were the charges.

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j6bep TIL that a series called "Manga de Dokuha" adapts 139 classic works into manga, including Bible, Quran, Heart Sutra, Book of the Dead, Divine Comedy, Discourse on Method, The Social Contract, On the Origin of Species, The Antichrist, Theory of Relativity, Wealth of Nations, Capital, and Mein Kampf.
KAgJ TIL during the prohibition era, the US government added poison to industrial alcohol to discourage consumption. People continued to drink it, so the government added more and they killed 10,000 people.
gLWb TIL Around 1/3 of American teenagers have texted full nudes of themselves and could potentially be charged with the creation and distribution of child pornography.
maDY [TIL] 10% of the general population suffers from Alexithymia, the inability to identify and describe their own emotions.
QBkM TIL chocolate magnate Milton Hershey launched a ‘Great Building Campaign’ during the Great Depression with the aim of employing more people. When he was told that a steam shovel being used on a project did the work of 40 men, he instructed his foreman: “Take them off. Hire 40 men.”