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TIL a jefferson county teacher was suspended after he replied to a student calling him a Nigga" “Nigga This, Nigga that, Nigga please, can you hand a nigga a pencil”

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gMeKD TIL In 1814 in London, the brewing vats in a brewery burst, releasing 580k to 1.4m litres of beer onto slum dwellings. Eight people were killed, five of them mourners at the wake of a two-year-old boy. The brewery almost went bankrupt but was saved when they received a rebate for the lost beer.
KYXj9 TIL that there is an island between Spain and France whose administration alternates every 6 months between both nations.
gMvkW TIL that the hymen and virginity are not linked, a woman's first time doesn't have to involve any pain at all, and that the concept of physical proof of virginity is basically not a thing.
4kLV6 TIL European rabbits are our most destructive invasive species in Australia. They impact over 300 threatened native species and even boost the number of predators like cats and foxes.
9wZMQ TIL that Sir Hudson Lowe who was Napoleon’s jailer at St Helena, enjoyed creating lots of petty rules for Napoleon to follow including restricting the amount of firewood he could burn to stay warm.