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TIL that George Pickett, of Pickett’s charge “fame”, had a half a Native American son.

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9l8D Today I learned there’s an indian tribe in South America that makes psychodelic designs that can be read as music.
x61kB TIL Helsinki, Finland was used to film many Cold War era Hollywood movies when filming in the USSR was not possible. Examples include The Kremlin Letter (1970), Reds (1981), and Gorky Park (1983).
JKAk TIL that when group of freed slaves kneeled before him, Lincoln responded “Don’t kneel to me. You must kneel only to God, and thank him for your freedom. Liberty is your birthright. God gave it to you as he gave it to others, and it is a sin that you have been deprived of it for so many years.”
VKe0 TIL the documents that “proved” Iraq sought nuclear weapons in 2002 are known forgeries, and the forger has never been caught.
LQZZ TIL There is a pirate ‘stock exchange’ in Somalia where locals can invest in pirate gangs planning hijacking missions