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TIL Harriet Tubman never lost a slave in 19 trips on the Underground Railroad. One of her secrets for not getting caught was drugging kids with opium to keep them from crying.

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kEb7 TIL Folk-hero John Henry (who according to legend, beat a steam drill in a tunnel-digging contest, and who died soon after from exhaustion), may have actually been a real person.
OGx96 TIL of Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck. She has a PHD in in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service in Higher Education. Her Dissertation was about uncommon black names.
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