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TIL that the word “Sanction” is an antonym of itself.

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6EdEQ TIL of Daphne Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist from Malta who reported on government corruption and money-laundering. She died in a car bomb attack close to her home on 16 October 2017, and her last words were "There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate."
5V8x9 TIL that Junaluska was a Cherokee leader who saved Andrew Jackson's life. Jackson subsequently forced the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears, where thousands died. Junaluska survived and mentioned that if he had been aware of what was going to occur, he would have taken Jackson's life himself.
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