if you are black or white, your ear wax is likely yellow or brown and sticky. if you are asian, your ear wax is dry and white.

in 2010, a black couple gave birth to a blonde-haired, blue eyed, white skinned baby. dna testing confirmed the baby's parentage.

in the late 1960's, newport cigarettes were passed out for free to black children by the lorilland tobacco company. they were successfully sued for this.

no black person has ever been depicted on american money. a plan to put harriet tubman on the $20 bill has been stalled since 2016.

in 1955 and 1965, the u.s. army blew radioactive dust over poor black neighborhoods in st. louis to test its effect in case of nuclear war, and lied about the tests until 1994. the dust caused deaths and cases of cancer for decades.

for every 100 white people killed by police in the u.s., 270 black people are killed, despite the fact that black people are only 11% of the u.s. population.

until the early 1960's, black americans with cars could purchase a 'green book', which told them which towns had facilities for blacks, which cities did not allow blacks to be out after dark, and which to avoid entirely if they wanted to live.

bessie coleman was the first african-american to earn an international pilot's license. (she got it 2 years before amelia earhart earned hers.) coleman had to learn to fly in france because no american instructors would agree to train her.

in 1940, a black scientist named percy julian figured out how to isolate hormones so that they could be used in medicine.

blacks and latinos accounted for 100% of lapd dog bite victims in 2013.