Post * 6E4PY — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that the US unjustly took 73 million acres of tribal land from the Sioux, including the sacred Black Hills. The Supreme Court the US to pay recompense totaling over $1 billion. The Sioux have never taken the money, instead demanding the return of the land.

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wWNP TIL that the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board is one of the world’s largest institutional investors with assets totalling over $175 billion.

wLX76 TIL of Bridget Driscoll, the first UK pedestrian to die from a petrol-engine car accident after it struck her going the "reckless pace" of 6 km/h. After her death, the coroner said he hoped "such a thing would never happen again"

8a8D4 TIL B.B. King performed an average of 200 shows per year up until his 70s, and in 1956 alone he appeared at 342 shows

awevb TIL Car and Driver testing revealed that the Lincoln Continental Mark V was quieter than the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and had better city fuel economy.

KYveQ TIL the first known labor strike occurred in 1158 BC when the Pharaoh Ramesses III failed to provide rations to his workers. The workers staged a sit-in at a temple and marched to demand payment from the Vizier.