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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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e0VQ5 TIL just about every product we buy and use has been gobbled up by one of about 10 megacorporations
6ExwX TIL Citizen Kane director Orson Welles's final credit as director was in 2018 with "The Other Side of the Wind" which was shot in the 1970s and completed 42 years later
NJmJ TIL Indian housewives hold $600 billion worth of gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
6E6ZQ TIL of the ABC TV show Turn-On, which debuted February 1969. The first episode was so bad, one affiliate refused to return to it after the commercial break. Several west coast affiliates refused to air the show at all. Before the first episode had finished playing, the show was cancelled.
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