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TIL That Poll Taxes disenfranchised voters as late as 1964 when the 24th Amendment was finally ratified

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7rRvL Today I learned the Canadian Mint made five 220lb pure gold "1 million dollar coins", one of which was recently stolen.
kOdJd TIL Food deserts are places where residents don’t have access to affordable nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables. Instead these areas often have convenience stores and gas stations with limited shelf space available for healthy options - making nutritious foods virtually inaccessible.
ylLM TIL that the logo for cisco is the golden gate bridge… and that cisco stands for San Francisco.
4kB96 TIL in the 1950s and 1960s trucks with fogging machines that sprayed DDT would be driven through American streets to kill mosquitoes and children would run behind the trucks to play in the thick fog that was created. In 1972, DDT was banned in the United States.
nOPW TIL that after sweeping the 2004 Oscars, Peter Jackson & Elijah Wood skipped all official celebrations in favour of attending a LOTR fan party.