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TIL President Ulysses Grant wanted to annex Santo Domingo (or what we call the Dominican Republic). He feared a European power taking it over and hoped it'd be a safe haven for black Americans. But the annexation treaty died in the Senate and it was never pursued again.

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0N6N TIL Hazrat Muhammad used to buy slaves just so he could set them free.
aNAo TIL There’s a village in N. Kazakhastan dubbed “Sleepy Hollow” because the residents will fall asleep for days at a time. They suffer from encephalopathy and it took 4 years to discover the cause was radon gas.
JYV0Q TIL the “foot” has two official lengths in the United States: That of the International Foot and that of the US Survey Foot
Oad1 TIL salt was so important throughout human history that the word ‘salary’ derives from the Latin word salārium, referring to money given to soldiers so they could buy salt.
awMRL TIL The UK and US versions of Dennis the Menace are completely unrelated but by a remarkable coincidence both debuted on the same day; 12 March 1951.