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TIL civil rights Latino leader Cesar Chavez fought illegal immigration throughout his career because it undermined US workers with a constant supply of cheap labour that was not likely to complain or protest when exploited

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0ddgy TIL the first republic of Brazil was styled as the Republic of the United States of Brazil. It’s flag was modeled on the USA’s Stars and Stripes.
Z8LRR TIL North Korea started to attempt to emulate certain aspects of China’s economic reform policies in 1980s, but both Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il felt great hostility toward China after Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path of pursuing market-oriented “socialism with Chinese characteristics”
Z85Ro TIL Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to drive overland to the South Pole
nD7r TIL that whenever a Taser is fired, colorful confetti shoots out. Each piece of confetti has the serial number of the cartridge that fired it, for tracking purposes.
6Eg4l TIL that Susan B. Anthony's father withdrew her from a school that would not allow her to learn long division as boys did.