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TIL that while mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, because they are descended from once-domesticated horses, they are actually feral horses.

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4NG6 TIL one of the few actual quick-draw duels in the Old West occurred on July 21, 1865 between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. Despite the popular perception of lawlessness in the Old West, Hickok was tried for manslaughter after winning the duel.
JJB1 TIL Playtex, now known for feminine hygiene products, developed the primary spacesuit for the Apollo program.
eDA5 TIL in 1974, an American television news reporter, commited suicide live on TV. She had written a script which included not only the shooting, but also a third person account to be read by whoever took over the broadcast after she had shot herself.
xVrgk Today I learned that Einstein won the Nobel Prize not for his famous equation E=mc^2 but for the discovery of the photoelectric effect.
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