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TIL some US schools still hold segregated proms

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JYYpm TIL Kim Peek (Rain Man) was able to split his vision so that each eye reads its corresponding page, allowing him to read both pages at once.
kOW0W TIL Chief Justice Fred Wilson, who presided the Brown v Board of Education trial initially, was holding the opinion that the Plessy v Ferguson verdict should stand. He died in September 1953 and replaced by Earl Warren. Warren made the Racial Segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
5Yl48 TIL of Leon Ray Livingston—a famous hobo and author who traveled under the name “A-No. 1.” He perfected the hobo symbols system, which let other hobos know where safe places were, always dressed immaculately, and retired after the lifestyle “bought him to the brink of psychological collapse.”
wooE1 TIL about Splendid China (Orlando, Florida, 1993-2003) a $100 million theme park owned by the People's Republic of China
eYKg TIL that a health benefit of roller coasters is that the centripetal force can help pass kidney stones