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TIL the Iroquois Confederacy declared war on Germany in WWI and WWII

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j68DX TIL the earliest know printed map of Africa as a continent is that of Fracanzano, da Montalboddo, active 1507-1522
BgxGy TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair
nee77 TIL about Engblom v. Carey, the only case in US history to set meaningful precedent on the Third Amendment. It held that National Guard members count as soldiers, and that employees count as 'owners' of employee housing.
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