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TIL Sesame Street was originally created for Black and Brown inner-city children as a means to improve their education system

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OG0YY TIL Byzantine emperor Basil II "the Bulgar Slayer" after the battle of Kleidion divided 15,000 war prisoners into groups of 100 men, blinded 99 men in each group and left one man in each with one eye so that he could lead the others home.
OG701 TIL about Pocho, a crocodile in Costa Rica who, after being found nearly dead from a gunshot, was nursed back to health by local fisherman Gilberto "Chito" Shedden. They developed an extraordinary friendship, swimming and performing together for two decades until Pocho's death in 2011.
pYWMN TIL that there are 3 types of joint brokerage accounts - join tenants with rights of survivorship, tenants in common & community property.
e0Qmb TIL that we could’ve straightened the leaning tower of Pisa... but we didn’t!
woyG7 TIL Theaters used to hire people to attend shows to clap, cry, or laugh at the right moments in order to influence the audience’s reactions