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TIL The United States has no official language at the federal level. Hawaii recognised Hawaiian Pidgin English and South Dakota made Sioux an official language.

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11d8 TIL Victoria Woodhull was the first woman ever to be a candidate for the U.S. Presidency, and gained sizable support before being arrested for obscenity charges and expelled from the election.
wnQ1 TIL that sideburns was named after the man who made it famous; Ambrose Burnside
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