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TIL about the West Virginia Mine Wars; the 2nd largest insurrection in U.S. history, where miners, including former slaves, rose up against the oppression and exploitation of mine companies and the government that supported them.

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178W TIL that Canada was the third country to legalize same-sex marriage, after the Netherlands (2000) and Belgium (2003).
KOgy4 TIL that in 2005, Fox aired a reality television series titled Who's Your Daddy? The show's premise was that an adult who had been put up for adoption as an infant was placed in a room with 25 men, one of whom was their biological father. If the contestant could guess correctly, they won 100k!
KY064 Today I learned that Al green made more royalties from the Big Mouth Milly Bass toy than any other for his song ‘take me to the river’
4XYRo TIL about 'The Rally'-a phenomenon that occurs when a critical patient is expected to pass away in a few days. At some point during last days (and sometimes even the final day of life), they appear to be "all better," meaning they'll eat more, talk more, and even walk around.
D1ABg TIL documents presented by a Pakistani official were found to forged because they were written in Calibri supposedly in 2006, but Calibri was only included in Microsoft Office 2007