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TIL American Evangelicals help fund violent anti-gay movement in Uganda

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N7AkJ TIL the word Modem is a portmanteau of MODulator/DEModulator. And Codec...
eLnk TIL Musket shot (bullets) were made by dropping molten lead from a tall tower, allowing it to cool into a sphere on its way down.
j6Eyp TIL that some of the earliest schools in Massachussets and Virginia in the 1640s were desegregated (Black students were taught alongside white students)
1aRwD TIL The orange carrot was first cultivated in the Netherlands in the 16th century. Prior to this, all carrots known to the world were white, yellow and purple varieties.
oBl5r TIL the 80s Disney Channel film "Not Quite Human" was based on a YA novel series which has 6 books.