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TIL following Washington's victory at Yorktown, he ordered the re-enslavement of thousands of free former slaves that were attached to the British army

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VM4jp TIL The 1933 worlds fair began by focusing the light from only the 37 light year distant star Arcturus onto photoelectric cells using telescopes. The resulting current switched on the floodlights at the exposition grounds.
wLxxY TIL Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to earn a brown belt in judo.
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WPP9 TIL that the FBI ran COINTELPRO, an illegal series of projects operated to suppress “subversive” movements like civil rights (including MLK) or growing third parties. These targets faced tricks like psychological warfare, killings (together with police departments), and slander through newspapers.