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TIL of the Hess Triangle: the smallest privately-owned plot of land in New York City.

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oBGXE TIL Hitler tried to distance himself from Mein Kampf, saying "If I had had any idea in 1924 that I would have become Reich chancellor, I never would have written the book." and dismissing it as "fantasies behind bars".
yPRe TIL there is an island whose inhabitants have refused all attempts at outside contact. They have lived there for over 55,000 years, and are believed to be direct descendants of the first humans that migrated from Africa.
wL4WE TIL that Jeffrey R. MacDonald, a US Army Captain and physician, who murdered is family in 1970, tried to frame the Manson Family, several of whom were soon to be tried for the Tate and LaBianca murders.
AG5o TIL of Khutulun, a Mongolian Princess. She insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling, forfeiting horses to her if they lost. She gained 10,000 horses defeating prospective suitors.
E1Z6o TIL Steve Irwin wrestled his first crocodile when he was 9 years old. He hopped on one nearly as big as himself while croc spotting with his father along the river.