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TIL the author of The Three Musketeers & The Count of Monte Cristo was black

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5NbP TIL The USA has a law that allows citizens to occupy any unclaimed island in the world, as long as there is seabird or bat poop on it
LQ6wV TIL Keyboard instrument already exist since the third century BC. The earliest known keyboard instrument was the Ancient Greek hydraulis, a type of pipe organ invented by Ctesibius of Alexandria.
Eggv0 TIL about Louis Remme, who rode on horseback nonstop from Sacramento to Portland in 1855, racing against the ship-borne news of a bank run that would prevent him from withdrawing his own money.
b9Lea TIL that Thuringia produces its own brand of cola which is more popular there than Coca Cola
mxp8E TIL Vincent Van Gogh gave his 1889 'Portrait of Doctor Félix Rey' to Dr. Rey (The physician who had treated his severed ear). The physician was not fond of the painting and used it to repair a chicken coop, then gave it away. In 2016, the portrait was estimated to be worth over $50 million