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TIL more Americans identify as Independent than as Democrat or Republican

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X0EB8 TIL about Dark Empaths, people who display high empathy alongside high Dark Triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy)
DQVvv TIL about the CSS Shenandoah, a sailing ship used by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She surrendered on November 6, 1865 on the River Mersey in the United Kingdom 6 months after the end of the war.
OaP1 TIL that there is a conspiracy theory that argues the “Dark Ages” never actually happened
4XjRR TIL that the Nazis also had a special Concentration Camp for "difficult" girls between 16 and 21. Many of them were classified as criminals only because they had premarital sex or were lesbians. From 1942 until 1945 more than 1200 girls were kept there and many of them did not survive.
J1gxv TIL there's an actual duo named "Ebony and Ivory." Ruth Eisenberg and Margaret Patrick had both experienced a stroke in 1982, becoming partially disabled. They eventually met and began playing piano together, one hand each. Their story was named after the song by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.