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TIL Indigenous Native Americans were not granted US citizenship until 1924

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wL7D7 TIL about the book 'Comfort women of the Empire', by a korean historian who was the first to interview the Korean comfort women for the japanese army.
R7X87 Today I learned Charlie Chaplin didn't actually have a mustache, it was a part of his makeup.
4X0vo TIL Anus is a populated place in Burgundy, France, within the commune of Fouronnes
x61nD til playing cards have historical meaning which started in 1370s in Europe probably in Spain or Italy as imports or possessions of merchants from the Islamic Mamlūk dynasty centred in Egypt. Like their originals, the first European cards were hand-painted, making them luxury goods for the rich.
bJ6Z TIL that New Belgium Brewing company (makers of Fat Tire, Blue Paddle, etc) will only ship their beers cold, but since it is illegal in Oklahoma and Utah liquor stores to sell cold full-percentage beer (+3.2%), New Belgium refuses to distribute its product there.