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TIL that executed labor leader and song writer Joe Hill had his ashes seized by the US federal government on Oct 8, 1917. The ashes were held for 71 years as they were seen as subversive

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9E4X TIL Christian music singer Amy Grant successfully sued Marvel Comics in 1991 for using her likeness for a cover of an issue of Dr. Strange because it indicated that she was associating with witchcraft
RLGQ TIL only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers.
epxQ6 TIL Male babies get morning wood in utero
B68D TIL a West African prince was enslaved in 1788, brought to the U.S., and freed 40 yrs later as per the request of the Sultan of Morocco
YpO4A TIL that half of the families who founded the city of Los Angeles in 1781 were of African descent.