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TIL that dictators have followed the same playbook for hundreds of years. And that the U.S. is technically under a coup. Great.

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XELmR TIL the Appalachian Mountains were once part of a mountain range called the Central Pangean Mountains, which were created when the supercontinent Pangea was formed about 335 million years ago. Other mountains that were once part of that range are now in Africa and Scotland.
9YW5X TIL “Amazing Grace” was written by a repentant slave trader who hoped “it will always be a subject of humiliating reflection to me.”
VnbD TIL that stonehenge was rebuilt in the 1950’s. Nearly all the stones have been moved in some way and some are set in concrete.
4KPo TIL when a mountain was found to be taller than Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, their names were swapped so that Mount Kosciuszko remained the highest mountain in Australia.