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TIL that while they are the only Air Assault division in the U.S. military, the Army’s 101st Airborne Division are no longer paratroopers

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ZbKG TIL that 40% of the total number of slaves brought to the Americas went to Brazil, six or seven times that of the United States.
OG0K6 TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator accidentally pulled a cable, triggering an alarm. Worried, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling—it was just the office computer losing power.
R7kD4 TIL that there is a prisoner in the UK named Robert Maudsley who has spent 40 years in solitary confinement. He killed one person and was put in prison and killed another 2 people while in prison. His cell is like the one in 'Silence of the Lambs' with Hannibal Lecter.
Xj5X TIL that billionaire Dmitry Itskov created a non-profit organization called the 2045 Initiative, where they want to make people immortal by adding human intelligence into artificial bodies by the year 2045.
VMnGD TIL When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property there. It was illegal for black people even to move to the state until 1926.