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TIL that during President Jackson’s inaugural ball, the party goers were so rowdy that White House attendants had to put huge tubs of liquor outside to lure people out of the building.

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wLNWM TIL about Aljamiado, the use of the Arabic script for transcribing European languages, namely Spanish and other Iberian languages of the time. Aljamiado has been used before as well as after the Inquisition by the Moriscos as a way for them to preserve their culture and religion.
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