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TIL about the Centralia "Tragedy" in 1919, when members of the American Legion stormed the local International Workers of the World Hall, resulting in multiple deaths. 7 members of the I.W.W. were later convicted of murder, and one (also a veteran) was lynched. No Legionnaire was prosecuted.

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Rlkj TIL the largest empire the world has ever seen was the British Empire, having conquered 22.63% of the world’s land.
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gr7Qb TIL of the last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird, who was recorded singing a mating call to a female that would never come. It died in 1987.
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a8MJ9 TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf. Ford was also awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest medal Nazi Germany bestowed upon foreigners, for his antisemitic writing.