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TIL the first Grand Wizard of the KKK later changed his mind and argued in defense of racial equality

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wgVJ TIL in 1861, slave Robert Smalls stole a confederate ship and took it to the Union. He was given command of a Union ship, became a general then purchased his owner’s house and let the sick wife of his owner live there until she died. He became literate and then served 5 years in Congress.
4XZQN TIL a man lived undetected inside the Providence Place Mall (RI) for 4 years
OGBNL TIL even though Athens was a democracy, and all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly, many of the city’s offices were filled by lot because election was regarded as undemocratic, since it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others.
PYLgg TIL in 2012, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry began donating 3 insecticide-treated mosquito nets for every 3-pointer he made to the UN Foundation's "Nothing But Nets" campaign to help fight against malaria.
neNZP TIL When the U.S. Half-Cent was discontinued in 1857 for not having enough buying power, it was worth about the same as a modern U.S. Dime