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TIL the first anti-slavery tract in North America was produced in 1688, by Quakers in Pennsylvania.

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OojO6 TIL: Michael Collins had a bone spur on his spine that was removed. Yet he still managed to be part of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the moon.
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lo0mB TIL of the "very sad dinosaur" that suffered from a brain tumor
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