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TIL: Tennessee makes community college free for all adults

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nee0d TIL of MST SGT Benavidez who suffered 7 gunshots, 28 shrapnel wounds, 2 bayonet slashes, a destroyed lung, and a clubbing while saving 8 lives. Ronald Reagan said of him "if the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it".
wGEJ TIL That Target had to issue an apology to its customers following outrage about the fact that a popular dress was offered in a color “Dark heather gray” for normal sizes, but the same color was titled “Manatee gray” for plus-sized dresses.
MjQb TIL that a Swedish astronaut was not allowed to bring reindeer jerky with him on board a shuttle mission close to Christmas because the American astronauts thought it was weird. He had to go with moose jerky instead.
grOa9 TIL Only 15 of 38 starters finished the men's individual cross country event at the 1924 Summer Olympics due to a difficult course, 40°C weather and noxious fumes emitted from a nearby power plant.
G4LG TIL 15th U.S. President James Buchanan regularly bought slaves with his own money in order to free them.