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TIL there is a secret entrance to the White House through an alley on H Street

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a9y TIL that Henry Ford was a Nazi anti-Semitic supporter and was the first foreigner to be decorated with Nazi Germany’s Grand Cross of the German Eagle.
aw8ZM TIL a study shows that 47% of french horn players report hearing loss
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loMBV TIL That Mexico had its first black president 180 years before the United States: Vicente Guerrero, who was one of the leading fighters for independence from Spain, was of half-African descent and later became the 2nd president of Mexico, abolishing slavery during his brief presidency in 1829.