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[TIL] Spain had a Fascist government well into the 1970's.
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TIL of Jennifer Keelan, an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy who crawled up the steps of the Capitol building to tell Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act that had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law 4 months later.
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TIL In 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that Mexicans do jobs "that not even blacks want to do."
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TIL the reason cocaine was removed from Coca Cola was not because people learned the negative health impact of the drug but because of racial fears on the part of white Americans
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TIL when actors screwed up on Tarantino's set, they had to say "Hi Sally" to editor Sally Menke as she had to sit for hours and watch the actors' different takes.
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Researchers have created a llama-inspired mega protein capable of neutralizing 59 different strains of influenza.