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TIL that in 1987, Christian missionaries from the US evangelized the uncontacted Zo'e people in Brazil. 45 natives died from infectious diseases brought by the missionaries.

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0wWyp TIL Silicon Valley began in Palo Alto because the inventor of the transistor wanted his new company to be closer to his sick mother's house
R79W6 TIL that so many aircraft were assembled for the filming of Battle of Britain (1969) that it was the 35th largest air force in the world.
Wk0yN Today I learned that there was a Nintendo game called “yeah yeah beebis 1” that appears in two different trade in catalogs that nobody can find a physical copy of.
KOXnB TIL Water firms in the UK are still using Divining Rods to search for leaks and pipes.
8yda TIL of Robert Smalls; an escaped slave who captured and sailed a Confederate ship to the Union with 8 enslaved families, including his. He was awarded today’s equivalent of $34,000 for commandeering the ship, won a seat in the House of Representatives, and purchased his former slavemaster’s house.