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TIL Ho Chi Minh quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnam’s independence from France

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0Z1M TIL Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week with hope it eventually be eliminated when black history became fundamental to American history. Instead it eventually became Black History Month, and critics include Morgan Freeman, who said “Black history is American history.”
0Ab5 TIL 33% of US Tourists visiting Scotland believe the Haggis is an actual animal, and a quarter thought they could catch one.
Pjyw TIL that the world record for drinking a yard of beer was once held by former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke.
e0ED TIL the dashed lines on highways are 10 feet long, and the spaces are 30 feet long.
gr6p7 TIL John Carpenter's The Thing (1982 film) was based on the shortened version of a novel that wasn't published until 2019