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TIL Frank Lloyd Wright claimed to invent the gap at the bottom of the public bathroom stall

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vPQwD TIL—about the 1838 Jesuit slave sale; the second largest in US history.
kMrg TIL that in Korea, everyone is 1 from the time they are born. And everyone gets a year older on New Year’s day.
j6X9M TIL that the slang term dude originates from the 18th century.
D1rOY TIL in 1957, San Francisco's "Youth for Service" program helped get young gang members off the streets by having them help the community. They did things like paint houses and help the elderly. The idea was that they just wanted to feel needed.
0D8M TIL that in 2009, before specific whistleblower protection laws, two nurses in TX were fired and charged with unrelated felonies after reporting unsafe medical care from a physician they worked under