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TIL Apples, peaches,and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

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4knlb TIL that before the invention of erasers, writers and draftsmen used to use bread crumbs to erase mistakes.
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LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
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yQ07e TIL When Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania for the Battle of Gettysburg, his army kidnapped free black civilians and sold them south into slavery.