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TIL 12 Americans died during the Hiroshima atomic bombing.

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5Ol8 TIL that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”
kMB5 TIL that The Arab slave trade typically dealt in the sale of castrated male slaves. Black boys between the age of 8 and 12 had their scrotums and penises completely amputated to prevent them from reproducing. About six of every 10 boys bled to death during the procedure.
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