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TIL that Hawaiian Water-Powered Jet Packs Pose a Threat to Fishes and Coral Reef

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N7ZZJ TIL in 1956, the American Legion hall in Roanoke, Virginia spontaneously desegregated during a Fats Domino concert, where approximately 2,000 whites, crowded on an undersized balcony, migrated to the main (blacks only) dance floor.
JvyV TIL that the Finnish language has a unit of measurement based on a reindeers urinary habits. Poronkusema
mxOp TIL the U.S. Department of Education prohibits schools from spending its funding on D.A.R.E. because the program is completely ineffective in reducing alcohol and drug use
xV0LD TIL that in 1833, the first passenger ship to make a transatlantic voyage almost entirely steam-powered was the SS Royal William
9Yd7X TIL that the costumes Michael Jackson wore at the end of his shows had to be smaller than the costume he wore at the beginning, since he sweated so much during each concert that he physically shrunk.