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TIL dueling with wax bullets was once an Olympic sport

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P1dV TIL that an alligators immune system can fight HIV
5YDZp TIL about the Thibodaux Massacre, a racial attack mounted by white paramilitary groups in Thibodaux, Louisiana from November 22-25 1887. As many as 300 overall were killed, wounded or missing, making it one of the most violent labor disputes in U.S. history.
PjJg TIL that Martha Washington named her horny tomcat after Alexander Hamilton to make fun of him for being such a flirt.
VMxDk TIL that in 1872, politician Boss Tweed fled to Spain to escape being convicted on fraud charges. However, he was deported and sent back to the US after Spanish authorities saw a political cartoon of him and mistaked him for a child abductor.
MDXA TIL that President Roosevelt introduced a tax rate of 79%, but the threshold was so high that it was only paid by John D. Rockefeller