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TIL: The Union Army didn't recruit black soldiers until after the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet, the mortality rate amog the United States Colored Troops (USCT) was 35% greater than among other troops even though they it formed 18 months after the Civil War began.

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RO98 TIL that a billionaire announced he would bury a $500,000 Bentley for the afterlife “just as pharaohs did with possessions”. After criticism, he revealed that it was a stunt. People bury more valuable things – “what’s absurd is burying your organs, which can save you many lives.” Be an organ donor.
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