TIL that In order to avoid being recognized by a previous master, Harriet Tubman once pretended to read a newspaper while traveling by train. The man disregarded the black woman reading on the train since he was aware that Harriet was illiterate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
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