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TIL how Cumbia (south american music) back in the 1800 hundreds got accordions washed up by the sea, from a german shipwreck.

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6EbEY TIL of the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954, where members of the 442nd Regiment, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, CPUSA of Hawaii, IWLU and Plantation Unions worked together for better labor rights, to end the Republican dominance of the territory and the Big Five Oligopoly of the State
b9p14 TIL About Juan Catalan, a man who spent six months in prison for murder until his lawyer found unused curb your enthusiasm footage which proves he was actually at a dodgers game with his daughter.
gMQxX TIL of Chevalier d'Éon - a French spy, dragoon and ambassador who had lived life both as man and woman. Their autopsy indicated they were intersex, and presented masculine in their early life for sake of inheritance.
Bgybd TIL Brazilian athlete Adhemar Ferreira da Silva was a polyglot having learnt English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Italian, German and Spanish. He created the victory lap after winning gold medal at the 1952 Olympics. He also acted in 1959 film "Black Orpheus" which won a prize at Cannes Film Festival
X0mP TIL that Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans