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TIL The spanish empire tried to ban slavery and cruelty towards the indians as early as 1542. However local new world aristocrats were outraged and revolted against the law. Spanish authority never enforced it

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dPeB TIL The Kansas State Marching Band did a formation that looked like a phallic object was entering the mouth of South Dakota’s mascot, resulting in a fine and a game suspension of Kansas State’s director of bands.
4XG8g TIL about Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, who was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. She was the daughter of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of Punjab. She played a leading role in the Women's Tax Resistance League and was instrumental in winning women their right to vote.
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DQg7e TIL that the UK received 50% of the total funding given to Europe via the Marshall Plan in 1948, valued to 60 billion USD today.