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TIL Black Americans preferred staying with British Soldiers during WWII due to the abuse their fellow Americans hurled at them. Americans even tried to implement segregation in the UK.

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wLG5J TIL General George Thomas was arguably better than both Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant. He never lost a battle and once completely destroyed a confederate army, earning him the nickname "sledgehammer". History has forgotten because he was too modest and always downplayed his own accomplishments
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