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TIL that Babe Ruth’s nickname growing up was Niggerlips because he was darker and had more prominent facial features than his classmates

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mxJrP TIL the world isn’t getting worse entirely. The world has greater access to water, electricity, and food, and female education has increased from 65% to 90% from 1970 to 2015. It’s difficult to feel positive in the world sometimes. This cheered me up a little.
6LLQ TIL the lead actor of the 1980 film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” was paid $300 for his role. The movie made over $60,000,000
e0arL TIL that Tic Tacs are allowed to be listed as "sugar free" by the FDA despite being approximately 90% sugar because each individual Tic Tac contains less than half a gram of sugar.
QJVZd TIL the B-side of the cassette release of "In God We Trust, Inc" by Dead Kennedys is left blank. The B-side label states "Home taping is killing record industry profits! We left this side blank so you can help.".
Z8bYa TIL that any US aircraft using the code name "FLYNET" indicates that an aircraft is transporting a nuclear emergency team or a disaster control team to the location of a potential or actual nuclear accident or an accident involving chemical agents or hazardous materials. (Section 9-2-6)