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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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5VAdr TIL that in 1975 Air France commissioned to French composer Franck Pourcel an anthem for their new supersonic plane, the Concorde
wLQb1 TIL that despite the fact that the TV show Cheers premiered almost 40 years ago, every regular cast member is still alive with the exception of Nicholas Colasanto who died while the series was still airing.
rNLao TIL that after singer George Michael crashed his car into the front of a 'Snappy Snaps' store in Hampstead, north London in 2010, somebody graffitied in the dent of the shop the word "Wham".
74Op TIL the internment of Japanese during WWII cost America $3 billion dollars when Ronald Regan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which explicitly apologized and called it and act of “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership.”
dnnK TIL the 4 of july, 1946 was the Independence day from the United States of America for the Philippines.