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TIL Blackbeard was from North Carolina.

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Z8bOR TIL the government of Italy gives its gluten-intolerant (Celiac disease) citizens a stiped of up to 140 euros per month to buy gluten-free food, and special vacation too
Xe9X TIL that the first recorded human death by robot was on Jan. 25, 1979, when a Ford Motors assembly line worker was killed in Flat Rock, Michigan.
6EP6J TIL The Hopi Reservation does not observe daylight savings time, but it is completely surrounded by the Navajo Reservation which does observe daylight savings time. The Navajo reservation is in Arizona which does not observe daylight savings.
rNmZx TIL that in 1889, the Brazilian military, alongside slave-owning elites, organized a coup to overthrow emperor Pedro II for abolishing slavery. In response, a group of freed slaves organized themselves into a militia known as the Black Guard in order to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Family.
x6B7g TIL dogs have unique ‘nose prints,’ just like human thumbprints. Each is unique to the dog, not even the breed.