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TIL the song “Cotton Eyed Joe” predates Tchaikovsky and the US Civil War.

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4XRYX TIL about Dewey Beard, the last Native American veteran of the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. In 1892, his family was killed by the US Army at the Wounded Knee Massacre, and he was shot. In 1942, the Department of War confiscated his land to form a firing range. He died in poverty in 1955.
KYZZ9 TIL Charles Darwin had 10 kids with his first cousin.
woE5E TIL: Disabled people are still being subjected to shock therapy torture in the United States in Mass
pYRBA TIL: During the One World Trade Center construction, workers had the choice of bringing lunches or facing the nearly impossible task of descending to ground in 30 minutes for food. To solve this, a Subway franchise created a full shop in a shipping container, which was lifted to the workers daily.
AD0Jn TIL A Japanese word, “Bushusuru,” was coined after George H.W. Bush publicly vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan during a formal state dinner. The word literally means “to do the ‘Bush’ thing, or to vomit in public.”