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TIL Qaddafi Warned France “If I Go Down, You Will Be Flooded With Millions Of Blacks”

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QPlL TIL The US Highway Patrol generates over $6,000,000,000 of revenue per year from only speeding tickets
e0YnD TIL The first native to greet the settlers at Plymouth colony not only spoke English, he boldly walked into their camp to say hello and ask if they had beer. His name was Samoset, and along with Squanto, he spent several years teaching the colonists to farm, hunt and survive in the New World.
BryLK TIL the Haya People of Tanzania have been forging steel for over 2000 years. Investigation of their land led to the discovery of ancient furnaces that were then carbon dated and found to be around 2000 years old.
bgn4 TIL 25 years ago on this day a US guided missile cruiser attacked a civillian Iranian Airliner killing all 290 passengers including 66 children. US government never apologised for this incident.
NGNP TIL that an Irish outlaw by the name of Gallagher became infamous in the 1800’s after he forced an oppressive British landlord to eat eviction notices intended for local Irish families.