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TIL that George Orwell fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and wrote a book about it: Homage to Catalonia

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OEMa TIL of Crab Mentality; when a bunch of crabs are in a bucket, they could easily escape by themselves. However, the fellow crabs pull each other down so no one can escape.
QJLma TIL that the earth was known to be spherical by most European scholars since the 3rd century bc
5nE8 TIL Suicide rates among Native Americans (especially young men) is 70% higher than the suicide rate of the general US population
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