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TIL of the “Tinker” supreme court case. In 1965 as a Vietnam War protest 3 kids wore black armbands to school. The school banned the armbands. They wore them again and were suspended. The “Tinker test” is used to see if a school’s disciplinary actions violate students’ 1st Amendment rights

ep4bD TIL Alaska is not an island and is actually attached to the continental United States.
nWBMW TIL the lynching of Emmitt Till inspired The Twilight Zone
grMmD TIL Batman The Animated Series was drawn on black paper to make the city/atmosphere feel dark
6vk7 TIL Problem solving skills are good to a point, but those who spend a great deal of time problem solving are four times more likely to develop clinical depression
yALJ TIL Elephants have death rituals.