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TIL about Jamake Highwater, a consultant on Star Trek: Voyager who made a career out of lying about being Native American

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4VrJ TIL there is a word that rhymes with orange. Sporange is a botany term that means “spore case.”
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yDN8 TIL President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.
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