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TIL that the oldest intact shipwreck ever found is a Greek trading vessel from 400 BC, discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea.

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0wkBL TIL about Picher, Oklahoma. A town that had to be abandoned after it was discovered that an old lead mine was poisoning the residents. The real nail in the coffin came when an F-4 tornado hit in 2008. Today, the town sits completely empty.
OGerL TIL Part of the land where the Pentagon sits today used to be a hemp farm
6EQAl TIL the Confederacy had large support of Native Americans due to mutual distrust of the Federal Government and use of slavery. They mandated native representation and native sovereignty.
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