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TIL PETA kills thousands of adoptable dogs and cats that enter their shelters each year.

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X09jj TIL: Louis Cook (c. 1740–1814), or Akiatonharónkwen, the son of an African father and an Abenaki mother, became the highest-ranking Native American officer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was also the only known officer of African descent to hold such a
16oX TIL That the first Computer Programmer was a woman
JYYAQ TIL: Birds CAN eat rice thrown at weddings.
J1KLB TIL Battle of the Overpass occurred in 1937 when UAW organizers tried to hand out unionization leaflets but were attacked by Ford's quasi-military security service. Ford then tried to destroy the photographic evidence but one photographer managed to sneak some out under the back seat of his car.
KPJE TIL that in 1077, Robert, the oldest son of William the Conqueror, initiated a years-long insurrection against his father after his two younger brothers dumped a full chamber-pot over his head and his father failed to punish them for it.