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TIL of William Augustus Bowles, a White Man Who Became A Part of the Muscogee People and Tried to Unite Native Tribes to Protect their Land Against US Invasions

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BVQr TIL Agatha Christie’s books have sold 4 billion copies, making her the best selling novelist of all time, and her work ranks only behind Shakespeare’s and the Bible as the most widely published books in history
LxxQ TIL that Georges Lemaître, the first scientist to theorise the Big Bang, was a Catholic Priest.
VBgGk TIL: Sweet potatoes are not actually related to regular potatoes, but are instead a member of the "morning glory" family (Convolvulaceae).
X0PvD TIL In the wake of the Second World War, the US occupied Iceland until 2006
1mBP TIL that 46 years ago today, a NYPD Officer was shot in the face during a drug raid and the officers officers with him refused to make the call to the dispatcher indicating an officer was shot