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TIL when a Virginia school board tried to ban “To Kill a Mockingbird” as immoral, author Harper Lee wrote a letter asking if the board members were literate and donated money to enroll them in the first grade.

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xVk5 TIL that in 1994 a stimulant was synthesised that can keep you awake for 48hrs at a time, without the need for catchup sleep and minimal side effects. It is only prescribed for narcolepsy but it has been suggested that it is used in the military to keep soldiers awake.
R5aA8 TIL the IAU definition of planet that excludes Pluto from being considered one also excludes Mercury.
d8r4d TIL 17-year-old Kenny Loggins wasn't going to be able to record his song "House at Pooh Corner" because Disney was enforcing their copyright to Winnie the Pooh. Upset, he mentioned this to his girlfriend, only to find out her dad was the president of Disney– he soon got permission.
rGBe TIL that if a person dies with credit card debt, banks usually try to get paid by contacting the dead person’s family and claim that they ‘inherited’ the debt, which is not true.
kOOm TIL that approximately 20,000 cancer cases per year could be prevented by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption by one serving each per day.