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TIL there are more than 20 towns in USA named Moscow
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TIL that American WW2 general George S. Patton competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Olympic Games
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TIL that President Grant in 1875 called for taxing Church property equally and wrote that its tax exempt status was "an evil that, if permitted to continue, will probably lead to great trouble in our land".
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TIL The US knew Al Qaeda was doing deals with Iran in the mid-90s.
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TIL about Walter F. White, an NAACP leader for over 25 years who passed as white, infiltrated lynching rings, and architected Brown v. Board of Education. Despite controversy surrounding his methods, his work exposed injustices and advanced civil rights.
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TIL that the last US soldier, Master Sgt. Max Beilke, to leave Vietnam was killed in the 9/11 Attacks when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.