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TIL in 2012 50 Detroit students were suspended for demanding an education, consistent teachers and schoolbooks.

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0pe1 TIL President Kennedy was the the last presidential candidate to win the presidency without carrying Ohio.
kOXYE TIL A couple was found murdered execution style on a dirt road in South Carolina. Despite their remarkable features and mortuary photographs, the couple and their killer(s) have never been unidentified.
GAgd4 TIL railroad gauges are approximately the same width as old Roman Chariots but that it is largely coincidence and the original gauge of 4’ 8-1/2” was established by a man from the 1820s, who used the gauge because it was common from roads in the area.
JMZk TIL that in NY it is required by law to inform potential buyers that your house is haunted
epZZJ TIL that the torpedoed rms lusitania sank in broad daylight within sight of the coast in just 18 minutes, killing 1197 people.