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TIL bout Yasuke, Japan's first Black samurai, who served under the legendary warlord Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century.

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Z8EwQ TIL of the "End-of-History Illusion". The perception that you have reached a maximum of personal growth, your potential, and that no new personal maturing will happen in the future.
Y5WP TIL Bruce Lee was a national dance champion, winning the 1958 Cha Cha Championship in Hong Kong
M7A1m TIL about Ruth Harkness, the chain-smoking American heiress who brought the first live panda out of China
b9N19 TIL of Mamitu Gashe, an Ethiopian woman who suffered from an obstetric fistula as a teen. She remained at the free hospital where it was repaired to help out with chores. Over time her responsibilities grew, until she became one of the leading surgeons in her field without formal medical education.
nZyo TIL that in 1977, the first gay action figure was released and the packaging looked like a closet