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TIL that there was a large significant White Slave population in the Colonies that numbered at least 300,000 Irish prior to the 19th century.

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KYw09 TIL that the last 17 Treasurers of the United States have been women.
OoOae TIL that a USSR physicist published his equations for solving reflected electromagnetic waves from surfaces, as the Soviet authorities considered them insignificant for military purposes. His work was found by Lockheed in the 1970s, leading to a breakthrough in developing their stealth plane F-117.
579R TIL The word blimp is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes when you flick the side if the balloon.
0dgWy TIL LBJ reportedly used the N-word crudely and repeatedly in private in several occasions. Although historians note he only acted this way when negotiating with Dixiecrats a Dixiecans for his Civil Rights Act.
78gnb TIL the “happy birthday” song we all sing didn’t exist until 1893