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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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4dyR TIL there was a study published conclusively linking the return of veterans and an increase of domestic terrorism from white supremacy groups. It has since been pulled due to pressure from FOX News, the American Legion and other conservative groups.
Lnpr TIL that Barbra Streisand constructed a 19th-century style shopping mall in her basement so that she can go out “shopping” for dolls, sweets, and gowns
vP4p8 TIL Euler's often wrote the earliest written reference on a given matter. In an effort to avoid naming everything after Euler, some discoveries and theorems are attributed to the first person to have proved them after Euler.
Z8kOQ TIL Nazis made common cause with the Nation Of Islam because both believed in segregation
wol57 TIL that, in 1910, King Nicolas I of Montenegro ordered his male subjects to possess at least one "Gasser Pattern revolver", leading to these weapons becoming status symbols