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TIL a ship called the HMS Black Joke used to chase down and fight slave traders.

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p8lYQ TIL that Afghani women are not entitled to personal names outside the confines of their homes. Nor are they allowed any record of their existence - anywhere - that uses a name, not even their tombstones.
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PKaw TIL only thirteen states allowed a citizen to resist an unlawful arrest.
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