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hillo538 OP t1_j96rrc3 wrote

Reply to comment by spasers in TIL in the 1950’s statues depicting Christopher Columbus making an indigenous woman flinch on one side and Davy Crockett arresting an indigenous man in front of his family on the other were taken down from the US capital by hillo538

During the red scare they even banned the naacp on the pretext of anti communism

You’re 100% correct

Edit: also in regards to the indigenous movement, after ww2 (which had changed the economic and political reality for indigenous peoples in America) and at the start of the Cold war and red scare, America would propagandize the idea that indigenous movements were communist, and highlighted their shared policies between indigenous activists and communist ones.

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wizeowlintp OP t1_j96q54z wrote

Reply to comment by freeski919 in TIL that 3 of the 5 most recent U.S. presidents were all born within months of each other, 4/5 in the same decade by wizeowlintp

i knew about Clinton and Trump before, but I didn't know that Bush was born the same year until after I looked it up yesterday after hearing the news. Also interestingly enough, the order they were born in is the reverse order of their presidential terms, and this is the second time that four presidents were born in the same decade!

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mojomonkeyfish t1_j96jd0r wrote

Reply to comment by epochpenors in TIL in the 1950’s statues depicting Christopher Columbus making an indigenous woman flinch on one side and Davy Crockett arresting an indigenous man in front of his family on the other were taken down from the US capital by hillo538

When people say "that's just how it was back then" it's kinda bullshit. It was, then, like it is now: fascists forced racist iconography and ideology onto our culture in order to secure their social standing. People thought it was bullshit to put up a lot of statues. But, it takes ten times the effort to get something taken down as it does to put it up.

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The_Stockholm_Rhino t1_j969cy8 wrote

Reply to comment by Paintmebitch in TIL that in the 1980s musical "Chess", the American's fortunes change depending on which version is being played; in the West End version, he quits the match and loses his World Championship, while in the Broadway version, he discovers a tactical edge and gains it. by London-Roma-1980

Good point good sir! It’s just that as a Swede I had to make sure the info about Björn & Benny’s escapades was as correct as possible, IKEA?

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AgentElman t1_j964zd3 wrote

Reply to TIL as an alternative to Brigham Young’s wagon train trip to Salt Lake, Sam Brannan chartered a ship Brooklyn to take 238 passengers from New York, around the Cape Horn to Hawaii and then what is now San Francisco. Brannon then walked overland through Utah and met Young in what is now Wyoming. by triviafrenzy

Taking a ship around was always the way to go if you could afford it.

You could also take a ship to Panama, cross there, and then take a ship to California if you wanted to save a few months onboard ship.

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Reniconix t1_j961b2g wrote

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN in TIL Ohio’s state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states. by valehole

The USGS defined a mountain as any landform that rises 1000ft or more above the surrounding area. Ohio's most prominent (and highest) point is 1549ft above sea level (43rd highest overall) but is only 639ft above the surrounding area. It is also 1094ft above the lowest point (the Ohio River at the tri-boundary of Indiana and Kentucky).

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