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TIL There was a family kept in slavery as late as 1961 in Mississippi.

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0dXXL TIL of William Walker, an American physician, lawyer, journalist, mercenary, slavery supporter, and Southern folk hero from from Tennessee. Walker seized control of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857, and convinced many U.S. Southerners of the desirability of creating a Confederate empire in Latin America.
gnND TIL that the Nagasaki nuclear bomb was worth $25b (Today’s money). At 70k death toll, that’s one third of a million dollars per death.
p81BQ TIL that aphasia can be experienced by those who communicate using sign language.
oVnR TIL The girl who played young Amelia Pond is the real life cousin of the actress who played Amy Pond
PB8g Til that Pakistan puts nuclear warheads in unmarked vans and drives them around the country in a never ending road trim to “keep them safe.”