• flamingo_pinyata
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    5 months ago

    TIL Woodrow Wilson was a huge racist.

    In Europe there are quite a few streets named after him, due to US joining WWI under his leadership.

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      That, and his influence on the peace treaty resulted in the creation of new states. The whole Fourteen Points thing was wildly influential.