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TIL the man who invented the chiffon cake was named Baker

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yAMV TIL that Nikola Tesla supported the forced sterilization of those he considered “undesirable”- this included more than criminals and the mentally ill.
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x9Gg TIL: Liberia was a founding member of the UN and a successful African nation…until 1980 when a USA-backed coup assassinated the President, and executed the entire government. Liberia collapsed into a civil war and never recovered.
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