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TIL TIL Despite "Timmy's In The Well" being what most people remember from the famous show "Lassie" which ran for 571 episodes that scene never happened. Timmy never fell down a well, he did however fall into abandoned mine shafts, off cliffs, into rivers, lakes and quicksand, to name a few.

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VQE4 TIL Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans defeated the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Bighorn 138 years ago today
KYMmB TIL in 2014, a major radioactive waste incident occurred in the United States when workers filled a barrel with the wrong brand of cat litter.
kOBK5 TIL that Steven Spielberg is the reason we have historical World War II first person shooters. Medal of Honor was created in 1999 Steven Spielberg wanted to make a video game that could teach kids about World War II. his game laid down the the groundwork for the genre to continue
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loB6A TIL Charles Dickens only worked 9am to 2pm and wrote his 28 books and over 200 essays without working longer than 5 hours a day.