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TIL General Sherman used confederate POWs to clear landmines that were killing his troops

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woM06 TIL Eliot Indian Bible (1663), It was the first Bible translated into a Native American language on the continent, carried out by John Eliot financed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England and with the help of natives Cockenoe, John Sassamon, Job Nesuton and James Printer.
l7Mka TIL that the Luzia Woman was 1,5 meters tall and died in her early twenties
6EoXw TIL that a NYT article written one day before the assassination of Iranian General Qassim Suleimani, described the act almost down to the wire.
Mbp0 TIL The Numa Numa viral video was first uploaded to NewGrounds in 2004 - Youtube did not exist at the time
gM7Xy TIL that Shirley Temple witnessed the Soviet invasion of Prague following Prague Spring, later becoming ambassador to Czechoslovakia.