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TIL that after returning from WWII over 1 million black americans were denied the benefits of the GI bill for free education and low rate home loans

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erJL TIL 53% of Indian children are sexually abused
neBkP TIL that in Roman times, urine was used by slaves in wool-making and was so important to the process of fulling that it was actually taxed.
0wJE5 TIL about Trevor, the world's loneliest duck, who became famous for being the only duck on the Pacific island of Niue. Arrived via storm, lived in a puddle, tragically killed by a dog. RIP Trevor.
epRLL TIL the US is accused of using bio weapons against the Chinese and North Koreans in the Korean War. Chinese troops started getting infected with Cholera, Smallpox, Bubonic Plague and Meningitis between January and March 1952
10mO TIL Early Zenith TV remotes changed channels by sound. When you push the button, a small hammer strikes an aluminum rod, triggering a sound above our hearing range that’s picked up by the TV.