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TIL George Washington was surprised to discover the Chinese weren’t White

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78Rv7 TIL: The oldest wine bottle in the world was discovered in 1867 during an excavation of a 4th century Roman Tomb. It has been unopened since and currently resides in a Museum as scientists were concerned about how it would react once exposed to air.
9wk8B TIL there's a 17th century printing of the Bible that's referred to as "The Wicked Bible" because it contains the misprint "Thou shalt commit adultery."
4rNo TIL the Bureau of Indian Affairs still sends bolts of cloth every year to New York Indian tribes as part of the debt owed from the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794
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