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Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JamesepicYT on 2025-02-16 04:32:07.

Original Title: TIL Thomas Jefferson initially thought black people were mentally inferior, but when black mathematician Benjamin Bannecker showed Jefferson his almanac with astronomical calculations, Jefferson praised Bannecker, treating him as an equal

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