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TIL American poet and activist Alice Dunbar Nelson was rejected by both the white and the black society because white people found she was “too black” and black people found she was “too white”.

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J1ymm TIL of the Ipperwash Crisis, a land dispute between the Ojibway band and the Ontario government. One protestor was killed but ultimately led to the return of the land to the First Nation.
epyQ4 TIL: New Coke, the much-derided 1985 reformulation of the Coca-Cola recipe, was still being sold in the 21st Century. The product, now a cautionary tale for companies who attempt to change a beloved brand, lasted in the marketplace for 17 years and was only discontinued in 2002.
Rk8w TIL that Albert Hofmann discovered the effects of LSD by handling the compound without gloves, allowing for it to be absorbed through his fingertips inducing the first LSD trip ever.
wLeGP TIL The Salem witch trials lasted less than 2 years, February 1692 and May 1693, and occurred 55 years after Harvard was founded in 1636. Cotton Mather was denied the presidency of Harvard for his involvement in the witch trials.
dDyx9 TIL that in the lower regions of space, despite the air density being low enough to allow a short-term orbit, the atmospheric density is still high enough that sounds can be heard.