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TIL that in the Civil War, Black US troops served as guards at POW camps for Confederate soldiers

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MerOB TIL that Japan is infested with invasive North American Raccoons, due to the popularity of the 1977 Cartoon series "Rascal the Raccoon". Thousands of Japanese adopted Raccoons, only to let them into the wild when they proved to be poor pets.
4gPg TIL The VA lobotomized thousands of WW2 veterans that suffered from PTSD.
d0M8 TIL The original California Constitution was written in both English and Spanish
grjRD TIL that Kudzu otherwise known as Japanese Arrowroot is actually edible. It is also used medicinally in Eastern countries. (PSA, do not eat wild Kudzu especially in the south in South America as it has a chance to have been treated with pesticides, only consume it if you grew it yourself)
OGxO4 TIL: Rachel Wall was the last woman to be hanged in MA in the 1700s. She tricked sailors by screaming for help, when people came to help, her crew would kill them and steal their goods. She was later arrested for trying to rip a girl's tongue out and theft. She requested to be tried as a pirate.