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TIL that months after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Fred Rodgers and Francois Clemmons worked together to show the word how to integrate swimming pools by soaking their feet in the pool together.

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0PEA TIL That although we picture the Founding Fathers as old men, many were quite young. By July 4th, 1776, Aaron Burr was 20, Alexander Hamilton, 21; James Madison, 25; John Jay, 29; and Thomas Jefferson, 33.
m1wjP TIL recent studies show that "trigger warnings" or "content warnings" are ineffective and moreover may cause anticipatory anxiety and PTSD.
W71jY TIL the unique, vibrant shade of blue known as "Voronet blue" used for paintings at the Voronet Monastery (Sistine Chapel of the East), Romania, contains a paint substance still unknown today. In 1488 builder Stephen the Great ("the athlete of Christ") finished the monastery in 3 mths, 3 wks, 3 days
x6aYk TIL Salvador Dali once scammed Yoko Ono into paying him $10,000 for a single blade of dry grass. Yoko had offered to pay him that sum for just one of his mustache hairs. He substituted the piece of grass for the single hair because he believed Yoko Ono was a witch and might use it to cast a spell.