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TIL the first Indian to make contact with the pilgrims boldly walked into the Plymouth encampment and greeted them in English to everyone’s complete shock

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BdMb TIL Mongol leader Genghis Khan never allowed anyone to paint his portrait, sculpt his image or engrave his likeness on a coin. The first images of him appeared after his death.
ner7Y TIL of "Futility", a novella about the Titan - the largest ship of its time. It's dubbed an "unsinkable" ship, and doesn't have enough lifeboats. It hits an iceberg in mid-April in the Atlantic and sinks, killing most of its passengers. The book was written 14 years before Titanic's maiden voyage.