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46v6 TIL Stephen Colbert’s wife grew up two blocks away from him but did not meet him until 1990
WkwpA TIL: America's Interstate Highway System was motivated by National Defense as much as it was by commerce. The full name is "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". Eisenhower's military experience convinced him highways were needed to redeploy troops if America was invaded or nuked.
OoxOY TIL of the Atlanta Compromise (1895) Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law. Blacks would not focus their demands on equality, integration, or justice.
Vm54 TIL as recently as 2010, there was a member of the United States Senate who was, at one time, a member of the KKK. He had also, as recently as 2001, used the “N” word in an interview with Fox News.
OGGMY TIL that the oldest Congressional District in the United States is Delaware's at-large Congressional District. It has existed uninterrupted since the 1st United States Congress in 1789.