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TIL the US Intelligence Community has a private wiki called Intellipedia

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DwVJ TIL Anthony Johnson, was the first slave owner in the United States. He was also Angolan (Black).
GADx1 TIL that in the Brazilian Amazon there’s a thousand year old stone observatory similar to Stonehenge
W76W4 TIL Peter Billingsley who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” also played the head elf in “Elf”.
eE5k TIL that “jaywalking” used to be the normal thing to do - automobile companies invented the term to shame people off the road to make room for cars (and car sales).
QNEZE TIL that Marlin Brando popularised wearing t-shirts as an outfit from his role in A Streetcar Named Desire. Before then it was commonplace to wear a t-shirt as an undergarment.