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TIL that in 1786, Louisiana passed the “tignon law,” forcing mixed‑race and Black women (including former slaves) to cover their hair but many turned the headscarf into a fashion statement

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gMRvb TIL a 1991 New York Supreme Court case found that “as a matter of law”, a house which had been sold was officially considered haunted. The owners had sold the house without disclosing they believed it to be haunted and had advertised it as such, lowering the property value.
oRBd8 TIL the only non-Native Governor of a Native American Pueblo was Solomon Bibo, a Jewish immigrant from Prussia who immigrated to the New Mexico Territory, married a woman from the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and was supported by the tribe to be recognized as Governor. He served from 1885 to 1889.
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