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TIL on 1529, Hernán Cortés received the Marquessate of the Valley of Oaxaca as a fief in Mexico

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b9KbZ TIL that Hollywood tough guy Charles Bronson actually was an aerial gunner which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
76wX TIL Maine’s state flower is a pinecone.
R7JN6 TIL about the Southern Bread Riots. Mostly women, protesting huge surges in food costs during the Civil War, rioted in Richmond, VA with chants of "bread or blood!" Food prices had soared to prices ten times higher than normal in many instances. Among the items stolen was 500 lbs of bacon.
P46L TIL the Liberty Bell was given its name in the 19th century by Abolitionists as a symbol of the antislavery movement and likely had nothing to do with American independence at all.
P1x9O TIL : Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth's rotation.