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TIL the Texas state prison rodeo was the only integrated sporting event in the South in the 1930s, and all state prisoners were bussed in to attend

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x6ab7 TIL that most OTC medicine bottles have a built in easy off cap. It is a "smaller" cap underneath that you pry off.
eYnb TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.
R5bZj TIL that Punjabi and Mexican immigrants who came to the U.S. during the early 20th century intermarried and formed an Indo-Mexican community in Yuba City, California
9ZxD TIL Jaguars frequently get high by eating hallucinogenic roots, which also increases their senses for hunting.
Oodee TIL about the Chinese massacre of 1871 when a mob of around 500 White and Hispanic persons entered Old Chinatown in Los Angels and attacked, bullied, robbed, and murdered Chinese residents in cold blood.