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TIL Harriet Tubman lead a military operation to free slaves during the civil war

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mrZx TIL Employees of Lego carry around Lego Minifigures with their names on them instead of Business Cards
R7BQ8 TIL that after Ukraine banned the display of communist symbols in 2015, the city of Odessa turned a statue of Lenin into a monument to Darth Vader
e0a7L TIL that a town in Nevada repels a semi-annual cricket invasion by blasting Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. They were inspired by a story from the 1930s where a woman drove off crickets by using a Chinese gong, then tried rock music with her neighbours
0w0Q5 TIL Rip offs in fashion design are legal as fashion designs are not copyrighted. Technical components of a design, such as proprietary fabrics like nylon, can be patented. Company names, slogans, and logos can be trademarked.
VR50 TIL that the only member of ZZ Top without a beard is drummer, Frank Beard.