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TIL that today in Confederate Park, Fort Mill SC, there is a monument to “faithful slaves” that fought for the “principles of our Confederate States of America.”

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5VY8P TIL the word "hurricane" itself comes from the Taino Indigenous Caribbean word hurakán, meaning evil spirits of the wind.
4dwo TIL that Cincinnatus, a farmer who was made dictator of Rome and gave up power after 15 days, was made dictator again and again gave up power after crushing a coup. His son was tried for incompetence, but was let go because no one wanted to give the news to Cincinnatus and break his heart.
rawo TIL Johnny Appleseed didn’t plant his trees to feed people, he planted them to sell them and get people drunk.
QJgoa TIL in 2011, a 75 year old Georgian woman accidentally cut off internet access to almost all of Armenia while scavenging for copper to sell as scrap
x771 TIL that when it became apparent that Israel was going to win the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, most of the Arabic countries ended their transmission of the contest. This includes Jordan, who replaced the live broadcast with a picture of daffodils and later announced that Belgium had won.