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TIL Wyoming cattle barons hired a private army to kill smallhold farmers and ranchers in 1892: The Johnson County War

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DQvXJ TIL A French Socialite Named Blanche Monnier Was Imprisoned by Her Family in a Secret Room for 25 Years, From 1876 to 1901. According to officials, Monnier had not seen any sunlight for her entire captivity.
x65o5 TIL about the Liking Gap. Most people underestimate how much other people actually like them.
lovoB TIL an Italian show forced Muse to do playback, so they decided to mock the performance by swapping all instruments among themselves.
1aG7V TIL that German prisoners in Canada were treated so nicely some of them returned to Canada after the war and became Canadian citizens.
61jm TIL that there was a now extinct species of crocodile that could gallop.