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TIL of Mary Elmes, an Irishwoman with an incredible history who saved over 200 Jewish children by smuggling them into Spain in the trunk of her car during the Holocaust

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XPQE TIL when the U.S. government suppressed Native religions to convert them to Christianity, some called it “making apples”, as the Indians would still appear ‘red’ on the outside, but would be made 'white’ on the inside.
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