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TIL of Oseola McCarty, a Mississippi washerwoman who has saved $280k by retirement at age 86, donating $150k to establish and endowment for poor African American students in Mississippi

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X01pX TIL that the word ‘sandwich’ came from a lazy dude (the earl of sandwich) who didn’t want to leave the gaming table so just ate sandwiches- cold meat between 2 bits of bread
KO5rw TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.
69okY TIL there was a 1988 six-episode anime adaptation of Starship Troopers.
VBgVG TIL, when Keanu Reeves was 16, he had an interesting Halloween costume, in the form of Dolly Parton's 1978 Playboy Bunny. His mother is a costume designer, and she made that outfit for Dolly Parton.
4ZyJ TIL A 1963 Gallup poll found 60% of Americans opposed MLK’s march on Washington