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TIL a group of native Americans occupied Alcatraz for 14 months before being forcibly removed by the federal government.

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kpXW TIL you are only eligible to audition for the famous Rockettes if your height is between 5'6" and 5'10 1⁄2" tall. The illusion that all the Rockettes are the same height is created by placing the tallest women at the center of the line and then in descending height order to the ends.
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