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TIL The same General Sherman who brought total war to the South in the American Civil War also created and carried out the plans to kill the Great Plains buffalo and destroy the Native American Midwestern tribes.

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0wOwj TIL the so-called "discovery of hunger" took place in April 1967 when the US Senate noticed people across America (mostly black) were dying of starvation and malnutrition as local officials blocked their access to food aid. This led to the creation of WIC and the reform of the Food Stamp Program
ep7eE TIL people who had their rectum removed , still feel like they have to poop , even though nothing is there
Eggnx TIL that Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person, Dr. William A. Mitchell.
emLD TIL a prototype testing platform has been built by Chinese scientists for a magnetic levitation train that could travel up to 2900 km/h and take you from Paris to Moscow in just 1 hour.
pYE8A TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people known as "knocker-uppers" were employed to wake workers by tapping on their windows with long sticks.