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TIL All four Stanley Cup Finals Riots are associated with Canadian Team and happened in Canada

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rNJxM TIL that inventor of an early version of the lie detector machine, William Marston, is also the creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman. He gave her a lie detector of her own in the form of the magical Lasso of Truth.
yVBDV TIL that Navy Bean Soup Has Been On The Menu of the Senate Dining Room Every Day Since 1903
a8xnZ TIL there was a guy who fought in the US civil war, spanish american war and went on to fight in WW1 at ripe old age of 77
vPdMj TIL a guy dressed as Santa Claus in 1927 caused the biggest manhunt ever in Texas by robbing a bank. AND there use to be a $5k reward for civilians at the time for shooting a bank robber dead which meant over 100 people turned up to shoot Santa.
lMbA TIL the Cherokee language does not contain the sounds “Che”, “Ro”, or “Kee”. The native word for Cherokee is Tsalagi.