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TIL that if you are a Black man, you can be executed for murders you did not commit

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v1YZL TIL Bjarni Herjólfsson, a 10th century Norse explorer, was the first European to sight North America in 986 while blown off course for Greenland. Despite begging from his crew to explore, he refused to stop and look around. He was later criticized by King Eric of Norway for his lack of investigation
jNXeR TIL Blackbeard was from North Carolina.
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