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TIL Of Florida's "Negro Fort", Which Was Run By African Americans From 1815 - 1816

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9Yoap TIL that in 1928, deep in the Brazilian jungle, Henry Ford built a city nearly the size of Connecticut called Fordlândia. It would last until 1934 when it was abandoned. Its remains are still visible today.
P1AYe TIL about the Great Sheep Panic of 1888 where tens of thousands of sheep, in an area of 200 square miles, simultaneously broke out of their enclosure and looked like they were terror stricken
78bYP TIL in 1530, the chinese Ming Dynasty invented bronze-iron composite cannons. The Dutch claimed "it’s scarcely possible to find their equal outside of Ming Empire". After manchu Qing dynasty's conquest they deprioritised Gunsmithing and had to use 100-300 years old cannons against British Empire.
XE11D TIL American English is more homogeneous than British English. It is more difficult to tell where an American is from in the US than it is to tell where a Brit is from in the UK.
nYdo TIL… In 1954 the CIA deposed a democratically elected Guatemalan president and replaced him with a dictator to save investments in a banana company.