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TIL that the first Submarine was used in the Revolutionary War and was called “The Turtle”.

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 7:36 pm

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TIL there’s a village in the Spanish region of Málaga (Andalusia) that celebrates 4th of July. Macharaviaya was the birthplace of Bernardo de Gálvez, one of the Founding Fathers of the US, who supported the colonists and their French allies in the American Revolutionary War.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 9:32 am

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TIL America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 6:31 am

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TIL that American nuclear physicist Edward Condon was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being at the forefront of the “revolutionary movement” of quantum mechanics. Condon responded that he believed in scientific advancements and didn’t ask if they were made by Communists.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:40 am

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During the Spanish Civil War, did Soviet Russia suppress revolutionary Communism in Spain and France to support it’s international alliances and global strategic position?

by HistoryBuff June 22, 2022, 1:13 pm

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For 12 years during the French Revolutionary Period, France had a whole new calendar. The French Republican Calendar had 10-hour days, with 100 minutes to an hour, and 100 seconds to a minute.

by HistoryBuff June 16, 2022, 4:21 am

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TIL that the first piece of legislation passed by the 1st U.S. Congress was the Tariff of 1789, which levied a 50¢ per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 6:10 pm

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TIL that Mexican revolutionary leader and general Pancho Villa played himself in multiple Hollywood movies during the 1910s. He also married numerous women without ending prior marriages.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 9:10 pm

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Today I learned: William Hull a esteemed veteran of the revolutionary war. Tarnished his reputation by surrendering the entirety of the territory of Michigan to the British in the war of 1812.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 12:16 am

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TIL That there was a plot to kill or kidnap George Washington early in the Revolutionary War – the traitors were from Washington’s Life Guards, similar to today’s Secret Service. One of the traitors was the first person to be put to death for treason, Thomas Hickey, in front of 20,000 people.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 7:08 pm

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TIL Baron Friedrich von Steuben was known for his bravery and the discipline and grit he brought to the American troops during The Revolutionary War, was openly gay

by whatilearned April 19, 2022, 3:41 pm

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TIL of HMS Dreadnought, a ship built in 1906. It used such revolutionary technology that a whole new class of battleships named “dreadnoughts” was created. It was the fastest battleship in the world and had 32 guns. However, its only significant action was ramming and sinking a German submarine.

by whatilearned February 10, 2022, 6:34 pm

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