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TIL in 1958, only 4 percent of Americans supported marriage between “whites and non-whites.”

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neepG TIL That the husband of the richest woman in Germany (heir to 12.5% of BMW) was not informed of her true identity until "the romance was solid." She also worked as an apprentice in a BMW factory under a false name.
jNMJp TIL over 70% of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares closed after the show.
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wLZJ TIL a student was given 31 electric shocks at a Massachusetts “school of last resort” as part of the school’s “­behavior-modification program.” The student, who had been diagnosed with mental retardation, can be seen on tape strapped down and screaming for six hours as the shocks are administered.