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TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.

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ADZJw TIL that Standing Bear (c. 1829 – 1908) was a Ponca Native American chief, who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 in Omaha that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law" and have the right of habeas corpus.
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