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TIL that in 1869, President U.S. Grant tried to annex the Dominican Republic and grant it statehood in order to protect African-Americans from the KKK

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Zpl5R TIL Lenin spoke at Laura (daughter of Karl) Marx’s funeral
b9mWN TIL that after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses, and the team wore tie-dye uniforms.
d8yGj TIL a fish called the Red Sea Moses sole secretes a substance that repels sharks by irritating their gills
VMKRD TIL that even though the 21st Amendment ended alcohol prohibition in the US in 1933, the State of Mississippi enforced the law until 1966 and even today, 32 counties are "dry." Cities in some of those counties do sell some alcohol but it still remains entirely prohibited in 8 counties.
0yKv Til that dozens dogs that were forced to be left with police during the Katrina evacuation were executed by the police “without regard to the dogs’ size or the potential threat they might pose.”