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TIL that the Cherokee and Choctaw are supposed to get a representative in Congress as per two treaties the government made with them.

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e0yj5 TIL of Tiberius Claudius Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Claudius who was choked by a pear. Claudius Drusus was playing and tossed a pear high in the air. When it came back, he caught it in his mouth but he choked on it. He died of asphyxiation.
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