TIL that President Gerald Ford stood up for civil rights in 1934 by threatening to quit his college football team, unless they let Willis Ward (African American) play against the south’s Georgia Tech. He agreed to play only after Ward asked him to, because they couldn’t afford to lose that game.
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Future president Gerald R. Ford stood up for teammate against racist policy
Documentary filmmakers focus on incident that shaped Gerald R. ford’s outlook on civil rights.
TIL that similar to the fact that the American South may referred to as "The Bible Belt", or the Great Lakes Region is referred to as "The Rust Belt", the Mormon Corridor (in the Midwest of the US)is nicknamed "The Jello Belt" because they consume twice the amount of Jello as the average American.
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Wikipedia
Mormon Corridor - Wikipedia
The Mormon Corridor is the areas of Western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly known as Mormons.
TIL that two inmates sued the state of Alabama, claiming the cramped space in their cell was a cruel and unusual punishment. The state argued that students at Auburn University actually paid to live in even smaller living space in the Magnolia Dorm. The inmates lost the case.
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TIL about a shortage of dwarf actors to play the Oompa Loompas in 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', as the Nazis had killed most of the dwarves during WW2.
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WAR HISTORY ONLINE
The Horrible Nazi T4 Euthanasia Project Exterminated Thousands Of People - The Repercussions Were Still Being Felt 25 Years Later
The famous Roald Dahl children's book ― Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ― was written in 1964, and garnered a significant audience among young readers.
TIL Killer-whale mothers often stay with their adult sons for their whole lives. Killer-whale mothers also help their sons find mating opportunities, so they're more likely to become grandmothers
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Science | AAAS
Adult Killer Whales Need Their Mamas
Long past their prime, orca females help sons thrive
TIL A maximum-security prison in Uganda has a soccer league (run and played by prisoners), with an annual soccer tournament. The tournament is taken very seriously; they have a uniforms, referees, cleats, and a 30-page constitution. The winning team gets prizes such as soap, sugar, and a goat.
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The prison where murderers play for Manchester United
The long read: Luzira was once the most notorious prison in Uganda. Now it’s home to what is surely the world’s most elaborate prison football league – and a model for the transformative power of the beautiful game
TIL that Jeannette Rankin was the first women voted into the United States congress, famously before US women were allowed the right to vote. As of today, she remains the only woman Montana has elected to Congress.
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TIL that Morgan Robertson wrote a novel in 1898 about an ocean liner sinking in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. That is 14 years before the Titanic sunk in the same place and in the same way. And if this was not enough, the novel was noscriptd: "The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility".
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The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility
The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (originally called Futility) is an 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the fictional ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Titan and its sinking have been…
TIL a Texas man shot an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted into his face
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Inverse
Texas Man Demonstrates What Happens When You Shoot an Armadillo
Just don't.
TIL that 71 percent of Americans age 17 to 24 are ineligible to join the military, primarily because they are too overweight or too poorly educated, or they have a record of serious crime or drug abuse.
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Military Times
Here’s why fighting youth obesity is a matter of national security
A retired two-star general on the intersection of obesity and military readiness.
TIL that actor David Herman (Michael Bolton from the movie "Office Space") got himself fired from MADtv by screaming all his lines during read-through. Apparently, he wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract.
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David Herman - Wikipedia
American actor
TIL Muammar Qaddafi was obsessed with Secretary of State, Condolezza Rice. During one visit he showed her a video with photos of her with various people, set to a song composed just for her called ‘Black Flower in the White House.’ When his house was raided a scrapbook of her pictures was found.
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The Hive
More Horrendously Creepy Details About Qaddafi’s Condoleezza Rice Obsession
Muammar Qaddafi’s crush on Condoleezza Rice is one of the strangest things about him that is not a part of his face. When Libyans raided Qaddafi’s Bab al Azizia palace, they discovered a homemade scrapbook filled with photos of the former U.S. secretary of…
TIL Henry "Box" Brown escaped slavery in the American south by mailing himself to freedom. He had friends pack him into a small box, and ship him as cargo from Richmond to Philadelphia. He survived, and went on to work as a magician
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Biography
Henry "Box" Brown
Henry "Box" Brown was an enslaved man who shipped himself to freedom in a wooden box. He developed his published slave narrative into an anti-slavery stage show.
TIL about Minnie Freeman, a teacher in Nebraska in 1888 who saved all of her students after a freak blizzard struck. The winds were so strong the roof and door blew off the school. Using string she roped the kids together and trekked over a mile in whiteout conditions to the closest farmhouse.
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NY Times
Overlooked No More: Minnie Mae Freeman Penney, Nebraska’s ‘Fearless Maid’
In one of America’s deadliest blizzards, a schoolteacher used quick thinking and resourcefulness to save more than a dozen students.
TIL Christopher Lee was the only member of the L.O.T.R. cast who personally met Tolkien. Tolkien gave him the blessing to play Gandalf but Lee's ability to play villains later convinced Peter Jackson to offer him the role of Saruman.
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Mashable
How Christopher Lee landed his iconic 'Lord of the Rings' role
Lee was a massive J.R.R. Tolkien fan.
TIL in 2008, a Mad Cow Disease beef recall was impelled by a whistleblower who took illegal, undercover footage of the sick cows.
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Food Integrity Campaign
FIC Director Amanda Hitt Speaks at Whistleblower Summit | Food Integrity Campaign
Have you taken some time to commend a truth-teller lately? To celebrate National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, our colleagues at the Government Accountability Project, whistleblowers…
TIL 7yr old Tyler Moon walked 1km (0.6 miles) of forest to save his father’s life after their quad crashed. Tyler made the journey to get help despite his own injuries: two collapsed lungs filling with blood and seven broken ribs. He managed to alert help just in time before collapsing himself.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Boy gets bravery award for saving dad
TIL before 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest consumer of kale; They only used it as a decoration for their salad bar.
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Chowhound
Pizza Hut Used to Be the Largest Consumer of Kale. - Interesting Facts About Kale
The hard-to-believe history behind kale, and some incredible uses of the leafy green today
TIL that a man attempted to kidnap a woman on the street. She escaped and ran into a nearby martial arts dojo for safety. The assaulter pursued her inside. Shortly after he was carried out on a stretcher and left in an ambulance.
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TIL Romanian sewer workers accidentally discovered a cave which was sealed for 5.5 million years. Movile Cave is filled with evolutionary distinct exotic creatures (albino crabs, worms) which feed off sulfur-producing bacteria
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Geek.com
Romanian cave sealed for 5.5 million years is full of strange creatures
As humans were evolving in the plains of Africa, a different kind of evolution was taking place in Romania. The insectoid residents of Movile Cave were cut off from the outside world more […]
TIL 9/11 survivor George Mironis visits FDNY Ladder Company 10 House, across from the memorial, once a week and leaves a candle in a glass jar just outside the firehouse. He does this to honor a firefighter he passed in the North Tower stairwell on 9/11 who did not survive.
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National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Meet a 9/11 Memorial Host and Survivor