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TIL - After selling its temple, a small B.C. Sikh community gave the funds back to its town - BC

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oBorY TIL Dwayne Johnson’s stunt double is also his cousin.
AYKl TIL there exists a photograph of a man who served in the Revolutionary War under George Washington. He is also believed to be the earliest born person ever captured in a photo.
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