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TIL about Mary Louvestre; an African-American Civil War spy who delivered details about the construction of the Confederacy's first ironclad into Union hands by tracing plans her employer had using her seamstress skills.

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kJlom TIL that Brazil has the tallest floating Christmas tree. Located at Rodrigo de Freitas Lake in Rio de Janeiro, the 278-foot tree reportedly weighs 542 tons. It is lit with 3.1 million micro bulbs, 2,150 strobe effects and 100 LED reflector.
lojA TIL that homework for children is a serious waste of time and energy.
69Q5X TIL that Dead Space originally started as System Shock 3
A86a TIL an Irish High King Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill defeated the Vikings of Dublin after a three day siege of Dublin city, the Vikings surrendered, and the King then freed all slaves in the city
Ooy17 TIL of the lynching of Postmaster Frazier B. Baker and his infant daughter. Frazier was appointed postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina in 1897. Local whites objected and had undertaken a campaign to force his removal. When efforts failed to dislodge Baker, a mob attacked him and his family.