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TIL: America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.
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TIL John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was declared by Congress as the National March of the United States in 1987, over 90 years after it was first composed
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TIL of the Federal Theater Project. It was a program to employ artists during the great depression. The Federal Theatre Project was distinguished for its focus on racial injustice. At its conclusion, 65 percent of its productions were still presented free of charge.