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TIL: The orange-yellow color of school buses is unchanged since 1939 and was chosen over bright yellow for its visibility in low light

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j6nNn TIL that King Ferdinand VII of Spain was forced to abdicate in 1808 and was replaced by Napoleon’s brother. He lived in luxury in France until Spain ousted the French, restoring him to the throne—only for him to betray the Spanish people who fought to bring him back.
worLP TIL: about the African Free School founded by members of the New York Manumission Society including: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Noah Webster.
b6E6E TIL About Amedeo I of Spain, king for two years, after a couple armed uprisings, an independence war, assassination attempts and political deadlocks he willingly abdicated, leading to the establishment of the Spanish republic, declaring that "Spanish people were ungovernable".
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