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TIL the image of a black man kneeling has been an icon for black rights since the 1700's. A popular image of the abolition movement was made into jewelry worn by abolition supporters.

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8eGOV TIL Patricia Highsmith (author of The Talented Mr. Ripley, Carol, Strangers on a Train) once attended a party with 100 pet snails in her handbag, calling them her "companions for the evening"
KOmnQ TIL King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were the first reigning English monarchs to visit America in 1939, 163 years after the American Revolution.
MYgW TIL scientists believe MSG is perfectly safe. The MSG “myth” is based a single complaint from a scientist who once ate Chinese food, got sick and decided to blame it on the additive.
gMVWD TIL Donkey Kong 64 was originally going to be a 2.5D platformer akin to the Donkey Kong Country games. This was changed 18 months into development due to it not being feasible from a production point of view.
R7wDa TIL that the first known case of the Spanish Flu was reported at a military base in Kansas on March 11, 1918