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TIL The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which imposed a “one drop rule” to count as colored, permitted up to 1/16 American Indian ancestry because the Virginia elites liked to claim descent from Pocahontas

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TIL The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which imposed a “one drop rule” to count as colored, permitted up to 1/16 American Indian ancestry because the Virginia elites liked to claim descent from Pocahontas

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TIL I learned of Pierre Martin Ngô Đình Thục, brother of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, was excommunicated by the Catholic church and during that time consecrated bishops various schisms, forming the basis of their claims of apostolic succession back to the Apostles of Jesus.

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TIL about the Chibalo, a large-scale system of forced labour that included men, women and children in Portuguese Angola and lasted until the 1950s. Up to 30% of the total male population was employed. It reached a worker mortality rate of up to 40%.

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TIL of the Jasper Fire (2000) in South Dakota. The largest fire in the state’s history (83,508 acres), was caused by a woman who dropped her match upon lighting a post-piss cigarette

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