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TIL That the first Peace movement was started to stop all the knights killing other and rob rest of the people

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Y7Pvv TIL Archaeologists have discovered pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly edible.
PYbEO TIL after oil was discovered on their homelands, 60 or more wealthy, full-blood Osage native Americans were killed from 1918 to 1931. The murders appear to have been committed by people intent on taking over their great wealth, whose land was producing valuable oil, and had annual royalties.
1AGO TIL a corrupt U.S. immigration official accepted 200 eggrolls in exchange for granting citizenship.
KRME TIL the iconic promotional image of Willem Dafoe with his hands raised in anguish from movie “Platoon” was inspired by a real photo from the Vietnam War by Art Greenspon who traveled to Vietnam in his 20s to document the war
dO9Q TIL that the name ‘Jessica’ was created by Shakespeare in 1596