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TIL: In the first half of the nineteenth century, thousands of black Americans fled from slavery and prejudice. They sailed to West Africa, and 1847 founded the nation of Liberia: a black ethnostate meant to be a haven for African Americans.

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nWBEY TIL in 1963, a cat named Félicette became the first and only cat (so far) to travel to space. She was sent on the mission by the French government and successfully returned to Earth, providing valuable scientific data from her 15-minute suborbital flight
gM7W4 TIL Mr. Peanut is of British heritage and has the proper name of Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe.
4kkea TIL about Private Jesse H. Hutchins. He enlisted with the Confederate Army five days after the shelling of Fort Sumpter in April 1861. He survived the entire war only to be killed on the final day of the war at Appomattox Courthouse
DQK0e TIL Carbonara was originated during WWII due to US soldiers bringing powdered eggs and dehydrated bacon to Italy
4X0PR TIL Royal Bank of Canada has a program that draws students for a summer-long challenge to develop solutions to real-world business problems, like detecting sophisticated cyber bots. The bank files patents to protect the technology and use students' innovation in their business