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TIL Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617) was born Matoaka. The name "Pocahontas" (meaning "the naughty one" or "spoiled child"), a childhood nickname. In her last days, she went by Rebecca Rolfe. The marriage between John Rolfe and Pocahontas was the first recorded interracial marriage in American history.

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