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TIL The Cherokee Nation fought with the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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nekZY TIL that small island archipelago St. Pierre & Miquelon is the only French owned territory in North America and is 30 minutes off the coast from Newfoundland, Canada. It was also a key part of alcohol smuggling into the US during the prohibition era.
Zr7G TIL about Marcus Garvey, a political leader who died from a stroke after reading an obituary of himself that was mistakenly published in a newspaper
m08Y TIL the African continent had a native species of bear “The Atlas Bear” which suffered great populations declines due to the Roman empire’s demand for animals for gladiatorial events. The animal was hunted into extinction by the 1870s
W75P8 TIL: The first recorded instance of a “Jewish hat” or “Judenhut” was around the 11th century in the Flanders region. The wearing of these distinctive hats originate from European Christians who wore such hats before mandating that it become a symbol for European Jews.
RRe6 TIL a NASA intern stole moon rocks from a vault and had sex on them with his girlfriend.