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TIL that abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the Harper’s Ferry Armory was suppressed by Colonel Robert E. Lee.

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loa7B TIL Ice can have up to 18 crystalline phases, depending on pressure, temperature, and the process of formation. Hexagonal ice, the one most common on Earth, is very rare in outer space.
Z8EEp TIL that more than 40.000 Italian soldiers operated as part of the US Army Service Corps in World War 2.
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