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TIL: The VOC had quasi governmental powers, such as waging war and coining currency

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N77NE The first black pilot in history Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Ottoman Empire, 1916.
9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
YJrW TIL Charles Drew, founder of the blood bank and pioneer of successful blood transfusions died after a failed blood transfusion.
78EyX TIL of Kamarajar - former chief minister of an Indian state who implemented a free lunch program for kids at school almost 70 years ago (1956). The program is still running.
Vlpk TIL Strom Thurmond, the South Carolina senator who opposed Civil Rights and voted for segregation, fathered a mixed race daughter with his black maid