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TIL that the inventor of the mobile phone made the first ever call to his rival to gloat.

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GAGG TIL that 16 years after the Choctaw people had experienced the Trail of Tears, they collected a sum of money to send to starving Irish Farmers during the Potato Famine.
Kn7G TIL Bob Marley’s song, Buffalo Soldier, refers to the name given to black troops by Native Americans, who thought black soldiers’ hair looked and felt like a buffalo’s pelt. Buffalo Soldiers settled railroad disputes, built and repaired forts, and protected settlers from Native American attacks.
W7eoN TIL Rabbits produce a special nutrient-rich fecal pellet that they eat
9Yjgp TIL that the Venus flytrap naturally grows in very few areas in the Carolinas, so park rangers have to keep most of their grow sites a secret to keep them safe from poachers.
BrDKe TIL The First Black Superstar, Josephine Baker, was a singer, actress, spy, civil rights hero and mother to a rainbow tribe of 12 children