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TIL there were Buffalo Soldiers who were Freemasons

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lo7ar TIL that recently-ousted Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe won a lottery of 100,000 Zimbabwe dollars (about $2,600) in 2000. The lottery was organised by a partly state-owned bank and was open to all clients who had kept Z$5,000 or more in their accounts during December 1999.
X0pkj TIL Teddy Roosevelt's great grandson Simon died in motorcycle accident aged 19. 17 years later, Simon's brother Caleb died in a car accident at the same age of 19. Four years after that, their brother William died at 21 after getting hit by a pickup truck.
1agWO TIL Viking people held a yearly assembly, open to all citizens, where the people would discuss disputes and political decisions, precided by a lawspeaker who memorises the entire law code and has the power to demote and elect kings.
jJAR TIL Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, is still alive at the ripe old age of 93
p8G94 TIL that Chicago has a large pack of coyotes that patrol the city, hunting rats.