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TIL the town of Slaughter, TX, had never had a homicide

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Ryo6 TIL Jax & Daxter was the first seamless 3D world in a console videogame, and was subsequently given a Guiness World Record. Grand Theft Auto III, released 2 months prior, had loading between islands.
b7l9 TIL a 19th century Japanese sculpture artist created a statue of himself so lifelike it is indistinguishable from its creator, right down to the muscles, pores and tiny hairs on his skin.
VQE4 TIL Sioux and Cheyenne Native Americans defeated the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Bighorn 138 years ago today
WxxB TIL There are still claimants to European thrones, some of them eagerly anticipating the transition to monarchy
9Y4E7 TIL Humans lived inland in North America 1,000 years before scientists suspected. Stone tools and other artifacts found in Idaho hint that the First Americans lived here 16,000 years ago — long before an overland path to the continent existed. It’s more evidence humans arrived via a coastal route.