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TIL that the Vietnam War is called the "Resistance War Against America" by the Vietnamese

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yVPJl TIL about Marie-Marguerite Duplessis Radisson (c. 1718 – after 1740) an enslaved Pawnee woman who challenged her master’s authority over her. Although unsuccessful, she was among the first enslaved people in New France to succeed in even having their case be heard by a court. She did not go quietly.
vekD TIL the Super Mario Bros. movie directors were so disliked by the studio and actors that they locked them out of the editing room when filming finished
n5VW TIL America sends Cuba a check every year for the Guantanamo Naval Base lease. The checks are not adjusted for inflation and are made out to the Treasurer General of the Republic, which no longer exists. Fidel Castro only ever cashed one, and stuffed the rest into a desk drawer.
GXN1 TIL on August 14th, 2005 the crew of Helios Airways Flight 522 fell unconscious after cabin pressurization failed. The plane flew to its destination on autopilot and assumed a holding pattern there until a flight attendant with a commercial pilot’s license woke up and climbed into the cockpit.
VRRD TIL The Lakota People have been trying to claim independence in the longest legal battle in history (more than 160 years) with the United States