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TIL There is a rare deer species discovered by and named after Theodore Roosevelt's sons

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a8j8N TIL about Phyllis Wheatley. She was an enslaved woman, and a published poet. She sent Washington a poem, in which she advocated for the equality of all men, regardless of race. He wrote her back and extended an invitation to visit him.
nelNB TIL there is a Catholic Saint who is credited with the miracle of making a pregnant nun's fetus disappear "to preserve her chastity."
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