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TIL When the slaves were freed from the USA, some went back to Africa and promptly enslaved the native africans based on the plantation methods they learnt in the states.

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gx8X TIL in 1951 a 21 year old Clint Eastwood was a passenger aboard a Douglas AD-1 bomber that ran out of fuel and ditched off the coast of California. He escaped serious injury and swam 3 miles to shore.
Qopk TIL The sudden startled jolt awake sometimes experienced when on the verge of sleeping is known as a hypnic jerk, and is likely a vestigial reflex selected to help primates avoid falling while resting or asleep in trees.
6Ke8 TIL that if Massachusetts were a country, its students would rank 9th in the world at math, 4th in the world at reading, and 2nd in the world at science, behind only Singapore..
VMgVm TIL Nigeria drinks more Guinness beer than any other country.
d8pnj TIL Germany still pays pensions to Nazy veterans.