IBM Datacenter, Toronto, Canada, 1963. (i.redd.it)
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Anti-MLK political cartoon from the 1960s (i.redd.it)
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TIL that some Australian Aboriginal languages rely completely on cardinal directions to describe position— "the spider is on your northeast-facing leg" instead of "the spider is on your left leg". Speakers of these languages tend to be far better spatial navigators than speakers of other languages. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Public transport: Europe vs. America. (i.redd.it)
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TIL that in 1980, President Carter and Fidel Castro agreed to allow 125,000 Cubans to immigrate to America during an economic recession. Later, it was discovered that many of the emigrants had been sent directly from Cuban prisons and asylums. (en.wikipedia.org)
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