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TIL of Malik Ambar (1548 – 1626), a black man enslaved in the horn of Africa, converted to Islam, brought to India and freed upon his master's death. From there he would create a successful mercenary army, pioneer guerillera warfare, and become a prime minister known for his administrative skill.

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QJmmL TIL that during the Soviet imposed agricultural collectivization of 1932-33, an estimated 5.7-8.7 million people died from starvation, the vast majority of which were from Ukraine (4-7 million). This led to the event being called the Holodomor, which means “to kill by starvation.”
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o89W TIL that the band, The Rolling Stones, would never have been formed if Keith Richards and Mick Jagger hadn’t accidentally met at a train station in 1961. Richards struck up a conversation with Jagger about the blues records that he was carrying. The connection was instant and the rest is history.