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TIL that while blacks only make up 13% of the US population, they commit over 50% of all murders.

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kOgdW TIL there's a town in Texas called White Settlement. The area was called "white" because it was a settlement of white homesteaders, as opposed to other settlements in the vicinity that were composed of both white and Native American residents.
mdPM TIL that it is the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web, happy birthday internet
JYJK1 TIL that while filming Live and Let Die in New York, the producers of James Bond were reportedly required to pay protection money to a local Harlem gang to ensure the crew's safety. When the money ran out, they were forced to leave.
moBR TIL the first black-white interracial kiss on American television was on an episode of Star Trek. However, the producers were worried about the show being banned in the South because of it, and tried to shoot alternate versions of the shot. The actors intentionally flubbed those shots.
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