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TIL that Wilma Mankiller was a Native American rights activist and the first woman to be elected the Chief of a Native American Tribe (Cherokee Nation).

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R5b69 TIL Hypnotists in the UK are required by law to have a specific license to perform hypnosis, and during application must declare any previous attempts to use hypnotism to commit crimes
4XaYg TIL that in the 1860's an atheist tobacconist named George Hull created a 10-foot stone statue, buried it, then exhumed it a year later as proof of giants, all to mock a bible verse that states giants once lived on the Earth.
l7K6K TIL that Male Dromedary camels have an organ in their throat called "dulla" they spit out to attract females
ANpKl TIL that in 1991, U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mike Basham learned that Salomon trader Paul Mozer had been submitting false bids in an attempt to purchase more treasury bonds than permitted by one buyer during the period between December 1990 and May 1991. Salomon was fined $190 million.
yn9J TIL Jediism Is An Actual Religion that has accumulated thousands of supporters in recent years (about 5,000 in the United States alone) promoting the idea that all living things are connected and bound together by an omnipresent force.