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TIL Khulan & her father were detained by Mongol Officer Naya'a to protect them from nearby soldiers. Khan thought Naya'a did this because he was attracted to her & interrogated him b4 she spoke in his defense & invited Khan for sex to inspect her virginity. She and Khan later married.

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YZjA TIL contrary to urban legend, the woman who accepted Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award was in fact a Native American. Sacheen Littlefeather was born Maria Cruz to a white mother & full-blooded (but mixed tribe) Native dad. John Wayne had to be restrained from dragging her off stage.
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