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TIL About the four sons of Horus. Egyptian gods who protected organs in the afterlife.

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e0Pak TIL of Deborah Sampson (1760-1827), who fought in the Revolutionary War as Robert Shurtleff and was the only Revolutionary woman to earn a full military pension. Her identity was discovered a year and a half into her service when she fell ill during an epidemic and lost consciousness.
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EgkwX TIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.