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TIL Frederick Douglass Was The Most Photographed Man Of His Time and sat for more portraits during the 1800s than even Abraham Lincoln. He spelled out in four speeches, essays on why photography is so important in ending slavery and racism and achieving civil rights

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ylw TIL that followers of Native American Church can legally use, transport and possess peyote.
VEGm TIL the deserts of Tunisia housed the original Star Wars movie sets for the film’s planet Tatooine. More than 30 years after the premier of the first movie in the series, the sets are still very well preserved and visitors to Tunisia can even stay in Luke Skywalker’s home.
99r TIL scientists filmed a couple having sex using a MRI
LkaXd TIL about the Human Shield Action to Iraq; a group of people who traveled to Iraq to act as human shields with the aim of preventing the U.S.-led coalition forces from bombing certain locations during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
4XZ9g TIL in 1983 there was a Coneheads animated series pilot voiced by the original actors, animated by Rankin/Bass (Hobbit,Thundercats)