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TIL in the 1910s, Booker T. Washington witnessed the working conditions of child sulfur miners in Sicily. He was horrified, describing it as a “Physical hell”, and compared it to American slavery which he was born into in 1856.

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R80j TIL drinking was allowed in bars in Atlanta, Georgia in 1969 only if men were wearing suits and ties.
M78Vm TIL The Yagan language is the most recent language to die out completely, when its last native speaker, Abuela Cristina, died in 2022.
dDeM8 TIL: In some US states, public urination is enough to get you onto the sex offender registry. Furthermore, 25% of of registrants are juveniles/minors, and children as young as 9 have been placed on the list.
4XojX TIL that chess is played at least once a year by 12% of British people, 15% of Americans, 23% of Germans, 43% of Russians, and 70% of Indian people
OGGAe TIL in the UK, it is a legal requirement for at least 5% of all broadcasts on a channel to be in sign language. At least 10% must have audio description. This is on top of a requirement for 90% of programmes to be subtitled.