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TIL the first “Got Milk” commercial was directed by Michael Bay

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4kdp5 TIL: America considers Jesus to be white because a Lebanese man, George Shishim, arguing for his citizenship in federal court in 1909 said that, “If I am a Mongolian, then so was Jesus, because we came from the same land.”
78lgP TIL in 1981, Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. The ban wasn't enforced till 2007. In 2017 600,000 were still living in slavery, and only 1 person was prosecuted for owning slaves.
m1GJO TIL of Philip Spivak, a Republican Chicago-area attorney who lost running for County Judge, then changed his name to Shannon O'Malley, switched to the Democratic party, and won the same election 8 years later
7ekx TIL Adblock plus is bribed by Google and many other companies to whitelist their adverts
nwYd TIL that there Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written