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TIL Barry Goldwater feared the religious-right taking over the GOP

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xdZ1 TIL that American and French Revolutionary Marquis de Lafayette was posthumously made an honorary citizen of the United States despite the fact that he was already an American Citizen.
b9n00 TIL Samuel L Jackson has a clause in his contract to play golf whenever he isnt filming in movies.
neEJW TIL during the Battle of Lexington in the American Revolution there was a tense 10 minute standoff between the British and the Americans. A local mentally ill man took this time to wander between both sides trying to sell hard cider
9ww67 TIL that 15 mines detonated at the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917 created what is still one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in human history. The blast created a 12-metre deep crater and was reportedly heard as far away as Dublin.
69AOY TIL that AI-Generated Artwork Sold for $432,500 at Auction, Blurring Lines Between Creativity and Technology