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TIL that Asian-Americans needed a 1550 (on a scale of 1600) SAT to have an equal chance of getting into an elite college as black students with an 1100.

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ZNLQ TIL: Central Park had an estimated property value of $528 billion in 2005; In today’s market that would be $810,801,446,400.00 - nearly a trillion dollars. If it were in Detroit, instead of NY, it’s value would be $4.5 million.
kOEZ5 TIL when Holocaust survivor Roma Ligocka first watched Schindler's List, she recognized herself as the Girl in the Red Coat. Ligocka wore the bright red coat when she was a child in the Kraków Ghetto
9Y6nM TIL of the War Horse Memorial—a statue honoring the nearly one million horses mules, and donkeys that lost their lives during the First World War. The statue features a horse named Poppy who possesses a gaunt physique and barbed wire wrapped around its hooves.
nwkB TIL the inspiration for “Nacho Libre” was Fray Tormenta, a Mexican priest who turned to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage, but he himself got the idea and name from a 1963 film…about a priest who turns to wrestling to raise money for an orphanage.
YGAP TIL the word “avocado” comes from the ancient Aztec word for “testicle,” and the word “guacamole” literally translates to “testicle sauce.”