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TIL that Oliver Law was the first African American to lead US troops into war during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), as part of the Lincoln volunteer batalion

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N7jnM TIL Former Inside the Actor's Studio host James Lipton revealed that he worked as a pimp when he lived in Paris during the 1950s. He explained that after World War II, it was a different time and that pimps in France did not exploit sex workers, but acted more as their agents.
b9xYp TIL that most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam within 15 years of when Muhammad first started preaching publicly
4Qla TIL that when contestants win a car on The Price is Right, they don’t actually get the car on stage. Instead they get a certificate to take to a local dealership, where they pay sales tax
4ky5 TIL 35 years after it’s launch, it’s estimated Voyager 1’s power supply still has 76% of its initial capacity.
b6Bx9 TIL Tom Lehrer, Musical satirist, educator, and mathematician, made all of his music available as part of the public domain at the age of 92