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TIL Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero than any album

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9w7MX TIL that following a deadly avalanche in 1962, Peruvian authorities were warned of the potential for a much larger slide to occur by a group of American climbers. These warnings were not only ignored but actively suppressed. 8 years later the deadliest avalanche in history occurred, killing 30k
Y7L1x TIL Stand Watie was the only Native American Confederate General leading a Native American force they were the last Confederate force to surrender. Finally surrendering on the June 23rd 1865, 75 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered.
0dXDN TIL that of the 5000 or so species of mammals on the planet only female humans have permanent breasts.
E1bn0 TIL the first statue of a black person in Bristol, UK was erected in 1987 and is of the playwright and poet Alfred Fagon
vRPx TIL Josef Stalin’s granddaughter lives in Portland, OR