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TIL that an estimated one in four cowboys were black.

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0wXQv TIL in 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia decided to close its entire public school system rather than integrate black children into their schools. It then created all-white private schools funded by state tuition grants and county tax credits. Many black children had no education for 5 years.
0dvvL TIL The Town of Hempstead, NY (founded in 1644), is the largest town in America, with a population of ~800k it has roughly the same population as San Francisco and is more densely populated than cities like Detroit, Denver, and Las Vegas
gM71D TIL An increasing number of elderly Japanese people are committing small crimes so they can live in prison for free. People aged 65+ now make up more than a quarter of the prison population in Japan.
9mlX TIL that Reindeer are the only mammals that can see ultraviolet light.
WV08 TIL the zero-gravity scenes in Apollo 13 are actually real. The crew filmed 4 hours of material in 612 parabola flights.