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TIL Abraham Lincoln tried multiple times to remove all Africans from mainland America and was described as “entirely devoted to the welfare of white men” by prominent abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass.

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o6E7 TIL most of present-day Boston actually sits on man-made landfill supported by underground wooden pilings
8ePg4 TIL about Watkin’s Tower, which was a tower almost identical to the Eiffel Tower being built in London, UK. The tower was never completed due to financial and construction problems, and was demolished. Wembley Stadium was then built on top of it.
wLDJ6 TIL That Bill Paxton is the only actor to have been killed by the Terminator, Alien and Predator.
bVPZ TIL to extinguish the Kuwait oil fires, Hungarian firefighting crews attached 2 MiG engines to a T-34 tank to pump seawater onto the blaze
QJMbe TIL one of the first science fiction stories, ‘Description of a New World, Called a Blazing World,’ was written in 1666 by the Duchess Margaret Cavendish. She helped popularize scientific advancements, like the telescope and microscope, and was considered the first female philosopher of her time.