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TIL that Thomas Jefferson actually helped suppress efforts to abolish slavery as president of the United States

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WJa9 TIL that George Orwell would be considered a terrorist by today’s British government
MGDV TIL Mike Tyson was arrested 38 times by the time he turned 13.
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