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TIL Ulysses S. Grant appointed several Black and Jewish leaders to office during his presidency.

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NXQ0E TIL NATO's Article 5 cannot be invoked for an attack on Hawaii or the Spanish exclaves in Africa of Ceuta and Melilla.
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v1jvD TIL In 1251, Henry III was given a Polar Bear by the King of Norway. It was kept in the Tower of London on a long chain so that it could swim in the Thames
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