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kLAg TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed in 1784 to end slavery in all the territories, but his bill lost in Congress by one vote.
0Qlp TIL that President Andrew Jackson once killed a man in a duel over his wife’s honor
ovpW TIL the first female US Senator served for only 1 day, is the only elected female US Senator from Georgia to date, was the oldest Freshman US Senator ever, and was so racist that she said the more money spent educating blacks, the more crimes they committed.
pbVp TIL that the civil rights song “Strange Fruit” made famous by Billie Holiday and Nina Simone was written by a white, Jewish, New York high school teacher who was a member of the Communist Party.
x6ObD TIL a Muslim woman has dedicated her life to watching over the Jewish museum in Morocco