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Austin1642 t1_izm0s9g wrote

Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL Former U.S. President Martin Van Buren argued with Congress over whether he could keep two pet tigers in the White House. by AverageCalifornian

He came from an area of NY that was mostly comprised of Dutch immigrants, and Dutch was their primary language. This is still fairly common in the US today when you stop and think about it. Spanish, Yiddish, Hindi, Mandarin are just a few...all have developed communities based on chain migration.

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