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TIL that founder of the Amish, Jacob Ammann, who introduced the idea of a strict adherence to a dress code ("simple dress") for his followers, was a tailor

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PYAGe TIL about Bass Reeves, the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River and a former slave. Over the course of his career, he had made over three thousand arrest, never got wounded (except for his hat and belt), and became one of Judge Issac Parker's most valued deputies.
oRyVr TIL about May Whitley, a self-defence expert in the 1930s
WOr8 TIL the extinct Passenger Pigeon bird went from being the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world during 19th century, to extinct in 20th century due to massive hunting and habitat destruction. Martha, the world’s last passenger pigeon, died alone in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo USA
jY8X TIL Detroit has put in the most bids to host the olympics without ever hosting them
QJgOe TIL that the football huddle was invented during the 1890’s by the quarterback of the all deaf Gallaudet College football team so that the players from the opposing teams wouldn’t be able to read the plays as they were signing them to each other.