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TIL the Vatican declared wearing bikinis a sin in the 1950s.

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AN784 TIL that Moctesuma Esparza, one of the organizers of the “Chicano Blowouts” of 1968, went on to work for “Sesame Street” and helped produce the first bilingual national show in the U.S., “Villa Alegre”, on PBS.
PYBJg TIL outraged that President Mugabe was going to Brussels to conclude an aid and trade deal & no one was challenging him over his human rights abuses, Peter Tatchell attempted a citizen's arrest on him. Tatchell was badly beaten by bodyguards, but it helped make Mugabe an international pariah.
NZo8 TIL Muhammad ratified a document giving Christians freedom to practice their faith without interference from Muslims.
8GlG TIL a 14-year-old boy faked being a Chicago Police Officer for an entire shift
dNwK TIL A woman married 25 years who quickly divorced her husband without telling him she had just won the lottery was forced to pay him all of her winnings