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TIL Millie and Christine McKoy Were Conjoined Twins Born Into Slavery

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woJWW TIL the Empire State Building was referred to as the Empty State Building during the Great Depression. One original tenant, a jeweler, had a place there from 1931 to 2008
ANlgn TIL Diamonds were first discovered and mined in India 3000 years ago. India remained the primary source of diamonds until the 18th century.
DQQGV TIL that Christopher Columbus's signature is written in a combinaison of Greek and Latin script, whose exact meaning has not been decyphered yet. People have used the signature to "prove" that he was Greek, Portuguese, Jewish...
5YN1D TIL About Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the "Lion of (East) Africa". He was a General for Imperial Germany under Wilhelm II during the First World War, known as one of the greatest Generals of WW1 he was "the only German Commander to successfully invade the British Empire during WW1"
699YZ TIL in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt gave an eighty-four minute campaign speech with an undressed bullet wound in his chest.