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TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 11:17 pm

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There is a video showing Peter Schmidt, a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly who opposes LGBTQ rights and claims to be a “strong and conservative Christian,” giving a bj to one of his farm workers. What do you think about this?

by QuestionGuy September 5, 2022, 6:25 am

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TIL that there was a porno called “Super Hornio Brothers” starring Ron Jeremy, that Nintendo bought up the rights to stop distribution

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 2:31 am

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TIL The success of Rollerball (1975) led to promoters wanting to buy the rights to the in-film sport. The director, Norman Jewison, was outraged as the movie was to show the “sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure.”

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 10:57 am

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TIL that the civil rights act was not the first one in the U.S., but rather the second one, as the first was overturned by the supreme court in 1883.

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 6:50 pm

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TIL the George Wallace, infamous segregationist, renounced his views, endorsed civil rights, and won his final election with 90% of the black vote

by whatilearned August 26, 2022, 3:15 pm

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TIL that Andy Cato of Groove Armada sold the rights to his music and became a regenerative farmer

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 7:27 am

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TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.

by whatilearned August 4, 2022, 6:02 pm

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TIL all Star Wars funkopops are bobbleheads because Hasbro owns the rights to making all Star Wars figures that aren’t bobbleheads

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 12:02 am

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I wish women had no rights

by CopyPastaArchive July 31, 2022, 7:06 pm

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Latina Voting Rights Activist, Nina Otero-Warren, Soon To Be on U.S. Quarters

by HistoryBuff July 25, 2022, 8:15 pm

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TIL in the 1970s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak offered a 1/3 stake in Apple for $50,000 to Nolan Bushnell, their former boss and founder of Atari. He said no, but later spent $500,000 on the rights to the Pizza Time Theater chain. He said “It’s kind of fun to think about, when I’m not crying.”

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 5:19 pm

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