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TIL that the Superbowls are havens for sex trafficking.

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QJlXd TIL in 1946, a black WWII veteran was taking a bus home in uniform, and asked the driver to stop for a bathroom break. The driver called the police, and the local chief of police arrested the man, beat him, and gouged out his eyes with a nightstick. The officer was acquitted by an all-white jury.
VQGQ TIL that in 1973, the Vanderbilts held a family reunion. Not one of the 120 decedents were millionaires at the time
nWEQ7 TIL the German airline Lufthansa is derived from Luft meaning air and Hansa, the trading empire that dominated Europe in the Middle Ages.
E1Yx0 TIL Queen Victoria's private doctor prescribed marijuana to relieve her menstrual cramps, describing it as "one if the most valuable medicines we possess" in 1890.
nedOB TIL about the “Three Finger Rule” - that people can generally only open their mouth as wide as three of their own fingers stacked on top of each other. This rule can help you know if food (such as a burger) is too large to comfortably bite.