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TIL General Nathan Bedford Forrest, once considered a hero of the Confederacy, changed his views post-war. He encouraged black advancement and endeavored to be a proponent for espousing peace and harmony between black and white Americans.

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J5yk TIL in 1962 Pres. Kennedy invited 49 Nobel Laureates for dinner at the White House. Kennedy remarked, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
YpYo7 TIL North Korea could have a lot of oil. NK reportedly has seven underexplored geological basins, with three basins said to have “proven working petroleum systems"
M7VAW TIL that Andrew Jackson's grey parrot Poll attended his funeral, and "commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.”
8awG8 TIL Siberian tigers are the only predators to have been documented preying on fully grown bears.
OxyY TIL Russia has laws to fine parents for “failing to perform parental duties for raising minors” if their kids act up.