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TIL Columbus Day was founded as a way to celebrate Italian-Americans at a time when they were treated like second hand citizens

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YPwP TIL Mr. Rogers’ car was stolen, only to have it return by the thieves with a note saying “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it”.
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