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TIL that Scotland once used a currency called ‘The Unicorn’

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yVdV TIL that in May of 2011, the Ku Klux Klan released statements attempting to distance themselves from the Westboro Babtist Church. Their leader said, “It’s the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech.”
nW4pB TIL about the Council of Appointment, a government body of NY that existed from 1777-1822. It was made up of the Governor and 4 state senators, and could appoint officials which weren't provided a means of selection by the Constitution. This included cabinet members, judges, and mayors.
XEwAE TIL that in 1948, one of the deadliest earthquakes of all time occurred in The Soviet Union, killing 110,000 people; two thirds of an entire cities population
e0NeE TIL Jazz was invented by James Reese Europe in Harlem in the years before World War I. Europe used machine gun sound effects into his tunes and he was dead by the age of 40, murdered by his drummer
rNrxW TIL: that of the three department stores “Wanamaker's, Saks,and Klein's” referenced in the hit 1950’s musical Guys and Dolls only Saks remains