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TIL that Charles Joseph Bonaparte, a descendant of the House of Bonaparte, served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet.

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gRvA TIL that despite being overshadowed by the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Philippine-American war of 1899-1902 was vastly more destructive. During the war, The United States implemented a brutal “scorched-earth” strategy, leading to the deaths of between 200,000-250,000 civilians.
ADwvo TIL Joseph Kennedy threatened to sue ABC for revealing that his son John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer-prize winning book Profiles in Courage was ghost-written. They retracted the story. The book wasn't considered for the prize until Joe convinced a boardmember to persuade others to vote for it.
Q4g9 TIL Canadian engineers wear a steel ring on their little finger as a reminder of the obligations and ethics of the profession after the same bridge collapsed twice in 1907
wL0lo TIL of Botswana’s vibrant metalhead scene, where heavy metal is combined with traditional African musical styles to create a unique type of music.
wLJ58 TIL economic and social ties between NYC and the secessionist South were so strong that on January 6, 1861, the Mayor of New York, Fernando Wood called for city to secede from the Union in support of the "Confederacy of which she was the proud Empire City"