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TIL that Shaikha Latifa is incredibly brave

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8xYb TIL Union Army general John Sedgwick once said to his men under enemy fire: “Why are you dodging like this? They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” He was shot dead instantly.
5Ve68 TIL members of communist organizations are not protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
JYV91 TIL that Seattle's Sound Transit renamed its proposed "Red Line" rail because the name evoked "redlining," the historic practice of denying mortgage loans to poor, mostly minority, neighborhoods, which further impoverished them.
Y7BdA TIL that in Canada, they don't sentence criminals, like murderers, life in prison without parole as they consider it as cruel and unusual punishment
XEQD6 TIL that the abbreviation RIP originally comes from the Latin phrase “Requiescat In Pace” and not “Rest in Peace”