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TIL that Dolly Parton's family was so poor that the doctor who brought her into the world was paid with a sack of cornmeal

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9wnEm TIL KNTU, the radio station for the University of North Texas used to be KUNT.
bpd4 TIL the University of Delaware had a MANDATORY “ideological reeducation program” for dorm students indoctrinate them on approved views on politics, race, sexuality, and more. Students who refused to participate, or to praise the program when it was under investigation were threatened with expulsion.
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