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TIL the most senior officer to survive the Titanic also participated in evacuating soldiers off the coast of Dunkirk

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7rmVp TIL the Lakota tribe conquered the Black Hills from the Cheyenne tribe in 1776
Zpl7B TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that"
78AOO TIL that the opening scene of Jeepers Creepers is based on the true story of killer Dennis Depue.
ANGeo TIL that the first female US senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton, was also the last congressperson to ever own slaves.
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