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TIL that over 350 documented cases of lynchings happened in California. But unlike their Southern, African American counterparts, the victims of this violence were largely Latino.

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loBm1 TIL The Indian village of Meghalaya, the wettest place on Earth, has trained branches of rubber trees to create natural bridges over rainy valleys.
OGgla TIL that England was a Republic from 1649 to 1660, in a period known as the Interregnum. Shortly after Cromwell’s death and the failure of the following Protectorate in which his son was Lord Protector, the army invited Charles I’s son to become King Charles II, and restored the monarchy.
JYAwm TIL all the gold ever mined in human history is smaller than the statue of liberty.
4X04w TIL that saying dark horse that describes unexpected winner is based on English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli's book "The Young Duke : A Moral Tale Though Gay" where mysterious dark horse wins the race against all odds
roP1 TIL that George Lucas gave his blessing to Mel Brooks to create Spaceballs: The Movie, as long as Brooks agreed not to do any sort of merchandizing.