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TIL George Takei spent part of his childhood in an American internment camp.

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xRKb TIL Columbus thought that some manatees he saw were mermaids. He wrote that they were ‘not half as beautiful as they are painted’
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ZpXko TIL the Three Gorges Dam in China slowed down the Earth’s rotation and shifted the pole positioning due to the 10 trillion gallons of reservoir water
X0vRk TIL the 13th amendment bans slavery 'except as punishment for a crime.'
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