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TIL of the California Genocide, the killing of thousands of indigenous peoples of CA by US government agents and private citizens in the 19th century. Between 1846 & 1873, it is estimated that non-Natives killed between 9,462 and 16,094 California Natives. Most of the deaths were village massacres.

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P4nV TIL Researchers at Yale did a study on teaching monkeys to use money to buy things like grapes, jello and other things. It turns out once the monkeys learned they could buy things with the money they started paying females monkeys for sex, who in turn immediately bought some sweets with it.
VRZB TIL Genghis Khan once sent a 500 man caravan to establish trade ties, only to receive nothing in return and to have the whole caravan executed. Genghis Khan responded to this act of greed by executing the Shah responsible by pouring molten silver into his eyes and ears.
RLNQ TIL that on April 18th, 1930 (Good Friday) the BBC announced that the world was indeed “Good” and there was nothing worth reporting in the news.
LWjm TIL that Madonna was raped at knifepoint and her apartment was broken into 3 times when she first moved to New York.
wLAWP TIL Chuck Wepner, the inspiration for Rocky, boxed/wrestled Andre the Giant in 1976. It is speculated that the match influenced Rocky III (1982), which features a fight where Hulk Hogan, "Thunderlips", throws Rocky out of the ring, as Andre did Wepner in real life.