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TIL Richard Nixon once asked a man at Ghana’s Independence Day celebration “How does it feel to be free? The man answered: "How should I know?” “I come from Alabama.”

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rN5Ex TIL In 1859, Richard Carrington was using his telescope to project an image of the Sun on a screen and two beads of searing white light appear across a sunspot, fading within minutes. For hours, he remained poised at the telescope in case it reappeared
M7b0W TIL that in 1863, when Harriet Tubman was under the command of Union Colonel James Montgomery, she became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid in the Civil War.
5VrbQ TIL about the Naki Sumo Crying Baby Festival, where babies compete to see who cries first. In Japanese tradition, a crying baby is a sign of good health and luck
vWlB TIL that the first reported UFO sighting took place in the 15th century BC, in Ancient Egypt.
wZXY TIL in 1789, after he lost control of his ship in a mutiny and was forced onto a cramped boat, British officer William Bligh led 18 loyal sailors on a 47 day, 4164 mile voyage from Tonga to Indonesia. They had 4 swords, a week’s worth of food and water, and a compass. All but one, survived the trip.