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TIL the Maquis from Star Trek share their name with a group of French guerrilla fighters who opposed the Nazi occupation of France during World War II

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mx8OO TIL The first speeding ticket for an automobile driver was given by a policeman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1904, to Harry Myers for going 12 miles per hour on West Third Street.
p8NaG TIL about the life of Russell Means, an activist of Lakota origin who was an activist in the defense of his people and also one of the first actors of Lakota origin cinema in Hollywood.
DQN0p TIL how lethal American submarines were during WWII. They destroyed 55% of all Axis power warships lost over the course of the war.
VMwLB TIL that the giant Sequoia trees that grow famously in California are also flourishing in GERMANY!
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