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TIL that there is a town in Upstate New York called Neversink, Ironically, the original Neversink was permanently flooded when the Neversink reservoir was built.

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e1xJ TIL Horton Hears a Who, by Dr. Seuss, is an allegory for post-WWII US occupation of Japan. Seuss, who was vehemently anti-Japanese during the conflict, had a drastic change of heart after visiting postwar Japan. He dedicated the book to a Japanese friend.
Zx9Y TIL JFK promised to abolish segregation with the stroke of a pen but after two years of an unfulfilled promise, African Americans in mass sent pens to the White House with letters reading “in case you needed that pen” which led him to sign an order to ban racial discrimination in wages
Dk5g TIL - No more than 40 people live above 800 feet elevation in New York City. It’s an exclusive privilege for the super rich.
pQr8 TIL there is no word for “please” in Danish.
XZyQ TIL Burt Reynolds starred in a musical in 1975 that was such a disaster that the director had an apology printed in newspapers.