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TIL an indigenous people, the Mapuche, successfully repelled the Spanish colonizing force, costing the most Spanish lives of any conflict in the New World. The conflict is considered one of the longest wars in history

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GAvxg TIL that in 1979, a song titled “Ready ‘n’ Steady” appeared on a Billboard chart. However, the song was never actually released, and for years, its existence was unconfirmed. In 2016, a researcher used old copyright records to find the record, giving it its first known public exposure.
GYKZj TIL that basketball legend Calvin Murphy was a nationally renowned baton twirler. In 1977, at the height of his career, he was Texas State Men’s Twirling champ.
ee0D TIL that dogs love squeaky toys because they simulate the small cries of a dying animal.
p6pZ TIL: The leader of the Church of Scientology served as Tom Cruise’s best man at his wedding and his own wife disappeared in 2007 after she “filled several job vacancies without her husband’s permission”.
e0Z0g TIL Saturn, an American Alligator born in 1936, who is rumored to have been a favorite of Hitler. After the Battle of Berlin he was captured by the British and given to the Soviets. He was moved to Moscow Zoo after the war where he still lives today.