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TIL of Republican Congress member Thaddeus Steven who wanted to exile former slave owners and redistribute their land among slaves and farmers

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kRP7 TIL the average American dental student now graduates with $261,149 in debt.
Lkdxr TIL about the Holodomor (death inflicted by starvation) which refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians during 1932-1933 caused by soviet policies. Private farms were destroyed and were replaced by collectivized farms. We remember this event on the fourth Saturday of every November.
BgKje TIL the photons harnessed for solar energy are the same ones responsible for skin cancer.
v1wyR TIL in 1989 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, inside the apartment building wall was found radioactive cesium-137 capsule (that was lost in quarry). 4 residents of the building had died from leukemia
4kPow TIL Hawaii has gained over 1,000 acres of land due to the continuous eruption of the Kilauea volcano