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TIL that Thomas Jefferson proposed in 1784 to end slavery in all the territories, but his bill lost in Congress by one vote.

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GAZK4 TIL Joaquin Phoenix grew up his early months in the "Children of God", a cult back in the 70's. This cult has been accused of violating human rights on every level.
OA04 TIL that in 2011 it was revealed that the US have a spy operation that manipulates social media (including sites like Reddit, incase you hadn’t already noticed….)
ObAY TIL the Caribbean Taino natives believed in a deity called Guabancex, the goddess of chaos and destruction, who could call upon a storm called the “juracán”. This is where the Spanish word “huracán” comes from, which later became the English word “hurricane”.
nWxgG TIL that some of the stones used in the creation of Stonehenge were bluestones from the Preseli Hills in western Wales and may have been chosen for their acoustic properties.
69NZW TIL - in 1976, Claude LeLouch made a short film by driving his sports car like a maniac through the streets of Paris. He did this secretly without asking for the streets to be blocked off