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TIL the tallest building in South Dakota is an 11 story office building. CenturyLink Tower

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pYe4b TIL Duke Kahanamoku was not only a 5-time Olympic medalist in swimming, but also a pioneering surfer who is credited with popularizing surfing around the world. Later in life Kahanamoku was elected to serve as the Sheriff of Honolulu, Hawaii from 1932 to 1961.
OG674 TIL slavery was restored in French colonies by Napoleon, causing a rebellion by former slaves led by Louis Delgrès. After realizing they could not win and refused to surrender, they ignited their gunpowder stores, committing suicide in the process, attempting to kill as many French troops as possibl
9wLar TIL: At the time of the French Revolution the majority of people in France did not speak French.
B8Gd TIL that the word quarantine is derived from the days of the Black Plague when ships entering Venice were forced to anchor offshore for forty (or quaranta in Italian) days before being permitted to unload
18R7 TIL The original Aladdin opening song “Arabian Nights” was “Where they cut off your ear if they don’t like your face” but Disney had to censor it because of political sensitivity.