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TIL In 1961, Robert F. Kennedy claimed it was possible for a black man to become president within 40 years

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5EDB TIL it’s illegal in 7 US states to be atheist and hold public office.
4kpAR TIL: "Jamaica Mistaica" is a song Jimmy Buffett wrote about the time Jamaican police shot his plane. The plane was also carrying U2's Bono when police, suspecting it was being used to smuggle drugs, began shooting. The plane (and its bullet holes) is now displayed at Buffett's Margaritaville.
YloG TIL that dinosaurs never stepped foot in Florida. The peninsula was submerged underwater until millions of years after they existed.
0Yx1 TIL mules (donkey/horse hybrids) are sterile. 2 instances of mules foaling have been confirmed by DNA testing which showed the mule passed on ONLY her horse genes. This means she’ll foal a mule if a donkey breeds her or a horse if a stallion breeds her, and should be genetically impossible.
wLmQW TIL there is a gibberish "script" called pseudo-Arabic that can be found on 10th to 15th century Christian European art, where artists tried to fake Arabic, probably mistakenly linking the Arabic script to the script and language used in Jesus's time.