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TIL there were about 4,500 lynchings in the USA from 1883-1941 - mostly blacks in the South, and whites outside of it. This averages to 78 killings per year throughout the entire country. The population of the United States was 50-130 million from 1880-1940.

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Oo8jL TIL that a British soldier whose ship was sunk by a U-boat survived for 70 days at sea. After being rescued, he was sent back to England from the Bahamas on a cargo ship. It was hit by 2 torpedoes from a U-Boat as they were approaching the UK. There were no survivors.
OoRja TIL Vlad the Impaler 'Dracula' had an Islamic upbringing, betrayed the Ottomans, converted to Christianity for support from the pope and was eventually defeated by the Muslims
ROX4 TIL Mikhail Gorbachev, the final Leader of the Soviet Union, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for “his leading role in the peace process”
v1Q7 TIL internet-famous “Jesus Riding Dinosaur” is the original art of Francesca Berrini - and she did much more along those lines.
ADoQ7 TIL 10,000 Southerners fled the US for a small city in Brazil after the American Confederacy lost the Civil War in May 1865