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TIL that the Haitian Revolution was the only successful slave uprising.

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EO9o TIL that Duck Commander, the company owned by the Duck Dynasty family, has an “F” Better Business Bureau rating.
a8nZA TIL the Incans believed dark spots(impact craters) on the moon were created because a fox who fell in love with the moon, was squeezed against the lunar goddess Mama Killa, producing a patch.Mama Killa was believed to cry tears of silver.
loe5G TIL that there is a remote, Alpine village in Austria with a population of just over 1,000 which has its own underground/metro line. It’s just 1.3 km long, has 4 stations and connects a parking lot with some ski lifts located at the opposite ends of the village.
0EAA TIL From 1994 to 2013: there are substantially fewer murders, robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, property crimes, and burglaries….despite the US population increasing by almost 60 million people.
R5D4 TIL Being a Star Trek fan can get you a $500 college scholarship from an organization called Starfleet.