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TIL: There are manatees in Maryland

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JvbB TIL that Kanye West did an SNL skit about interrupting award shows two years BEFORE the Taylor Swift incident
kJovm TIL the Māori won a lawsuit against Legos because of Bioncles
mxZ9y TIL The pyramids weren't built by slaves, but a complex system of voluntary, privileged laborers.
9YNvp TIL at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, an 18-year old Union lieutenant, Arthur MacArthur, took his regimental flag and led the charge to the summit, an act for which he received the Medal of Honor. His son was Douglas MacArthur, the general in charge of the Pacific theater during WWII.