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TIL that in Oklahoma in the 1920s, ranchers, lawyers and public officials conspired together to murder 60+ Osage Indians in order to secure the rights to their oil-rich land. Only two men were ever convicted. Both were paroled and one pardoned by the governor of Oklahoma.

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Y6gA TIL while filming his death in ‘Goodfellas’ Michael Imperioli cut his hand on a glass and was taken to the ER where the doctors rushed to treat his fake bullet wounds.
8abQK TIL where seedless watermelons come from. Much like how a donkey and horse can make a mule but the mule will be sterile, seedless watermelons are the infertile offspring between diploid (22 chromosomes) and tetraploid (44 chromosomes) seeded watermelons.
E1bZ0 TIL about the windshield phenomenon. People tend to find fewer insects smashed on the windscreens of their cars now compared to a decade or several decades ago.
6E9pl TIL that a chemistry professor at Illinois University created a cookbook of Pokemon.
4OrR TIL that the “Hokey Pokey” was originally called “Hokey Cokey” and possibly inspired by Canadian miners taking cocaine to cheer themselves up