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TIL that corn is a grain, a vegetable and a fruit
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TIL that Erik the Red discovered Greenland and called it Greenland despite being predominantly ice to attract people and lure them into settling there. He did this after being exiled from Iceland for manslaughter.
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TIL August von Mackensen was a World War I Field Marshal who lived from 1849 to late 1945, which means he lived through the Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation, German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich and the Allied Occupation of Germany.
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TIL about the Peace of Westphalia. Modeled from ancient Egypt, the Peace of Westphalia was meant to bring world peace and religious freedom while at the same time acknowledging a collective group occupying a certain area, giving rise to countries.
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TIL a 2011 Harvard/Tufts study showed that most white Americans now believe anti-white racism has surpassed anti-black racism in the U.S.
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TIL That The Bing Crosby Laboratories and a research team funded by Crosby created the first videotape recorder (VTR).