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TIL that the color orange was called "red-yellow" until the English-speaking world was introduced to the fruit that was named "orange."

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ADZJw TIL that Standing Bear (c. 1829 – 1908) was a Ponca Native American chief, who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 in Omaha that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law" and have the right of habeas corpus.
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