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TIL Central Park Was Once Seneca Village, Home to a Thriving Free Black Community, Which the City Displaced in 1857.

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wyrP TIL That out of the 238 years that the United States of America has been a nation, 216 of those years has been in conflict or war, which is about 90% of the time.
7Mw7 TIL that PETA kills 89% of the animals it takes in
VMQG TIL During the 2002 Iraqi election, Saddam Hussein’s campaign song was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”
b9wJE TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral
OG66Y TIL that Brenda Lee, singer of “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” is still alive!