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TIL Joseph Christmas, the first white American to explore the Grand Canyon, thought it worthless to visitors, writing, "The region is valueless. After entering there is nothing to do but leave. Ours has been the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locality."

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6EnZY TIL that the singer, Sia, adopted two 18 year olds who were about to age out of the foster care system.
5Yj5P TIL about the Battalion Zośka, made up primarily of outlawed Polish boy scouts and girl scouts. They were responsible for the liberation of the Gęsiówka concentration camp from the Nazis in 1944. The rescued Jews went on to join these young scouts in their instrumental role in the Warsaw Uprising.
6woW TIL that Kesha, when auditioning for record labels, presented two demos: a “gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad” and a “gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track”, allowing the label to decide which sound she should use as an artist.
yKPV TIL Picasso drew a sketch on the back of every check he wrote to pay a bill, knowing that almost everyone would save the check without cashing it because the picture made the check worth more than face value.
pNxO TIL. There have been two known fatalities of people suffocating on marshmallows playing Chubby Bunny.