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TIL a common information misdirection tactic of the CCCP was to bring up individual racial prejudices in the US whenever they were criticized for their human rights violations on a national scale

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4Xxna TIL about Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1896-1966), a Chinese-American suffragette. At the age of 16, she was invited to help lead a march of 10,000 people up Fifth Avenue.
Zpgvv TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings
1jaP [TIL] Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a PhD. He held a Ph.D. in history and political science
0wYw5 TIL that "in bocca al lupo", an Italian phrase that translates to "in the mouth of the wolf", is an idiom used to wish someone good luck.
p8PQ TIL America’s first astronaut Alan Shepard before his rocket took off said, “Don’t F*** this up, Shepard” This became known as Shepard’s Prayer