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TIL the Yellow Rose of Texas is about a woman who is “high yellow” referring to a bi-racial or light skinned brown person.

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98K7 TIL that the Catholic church owns a billion dollar media firm that sells pornography and erotica.
X0Bk6 TIL about George Epooch, a Jesuit priest who abused dozens of indigenous children throughout the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s
baRN TIL “obsession” used to refer to being controlled by demons outside your body (whereas possession was being controlled by demons inside the body)
rRPed TIL ADHD doesn't always mean 'short attention span'. 'Hyperfocusing' on a task for hours on end is also a known symptom of ADHD, where the inability to stop is considered to be the problem.
Qwp9 TIL that on February 28, 1854 in a little white schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, roughly 30 antislavery men coined the term “Republican Party” to oppose the Kansas-Nebraska act.