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690b7 TIL of John "Jack's Kirby, goalkeeper for Derby County, who was ordered along with his teammates to give a Nazi salute on their 1934 tour of Germany. He refused.
6oBY TIL that the British Royal Navy (at substantial cost) established a fleet of ships known as the ‘West Africa Squadron’ which would patrol the west coast of Africa, capturing slave ships. This fleet is estimated to have captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 African slaves between 1808 & 1860.
wLrxE TIL Manik Bandopadhyay is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th century Bengali literature. During a lifespan of 48 years, plagued simultaneously by illness and financial crisis, he produced 36 novels and nearly 250 short stories
j6Lxp TIL there was a proposed US annexation of the Dominican Republic under President Grant. The bill failed in the Senate because of Liberal Republican opposition, and directly contributed to the Liberal Republicans running Horace Greeley to oppose Grant in the 1872 election.
Yn7v TIL a Federal Agent started making arrests in a Missouri town with a meth problem. He had some success but after a few months it emerged that he was not a Federal Agent but was actually an unemployed security guard.