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TIL a quarter of cowboys were black

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VBd5Z TIL that, by 1730, on the Philadelphia commodities exchange, the listed price of saffron was equal to that of gold
KVZw TIL that in the USSR there was group call the League of Militant Atheist who spread atheist propaganda, destroyed churches and helped their government detain and kill religious individuals in Russia.
6EYgQ TIL Caitlyn Jenner is against gay marriage and describes herself as a "traditionalist"
Bg6nL TIL that leap year is skipped on years divisible by 100 unless the year is also divisible by 400.
oByJW TIL Mount Rushmore because it’s carved in solid granite and within a stable ecological place may last 100,000-200,000 years after the last human on earth (Brin, 2015, 1:22).