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TIL Jackass was originally intended to be a weekly sketch on Saturday Night Live

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GYM9E TIL about the Milford massacre. 52 European settlers of Milford, MN were killed in 1 day by a band of Dakota Sioux.
PYn8g TIL the Nazis ordered 2 Auschwitz prisoners to destroy thousands of inmate mugshot photographs as the camp was evacuated in 1945. The inmates recognized the importance of that evidence and sabotaged the furnace thus saving 38,916 photos.
dDmDB TIL of the rescue of the ship "Forrest Hall". In 1899, during one of the worst storms in living memory, a rescue was done by hauling a 10-ton lifeboat overland 13 miles to a safer launch point.
b91j7 TIL Jason Segel's nickname in highschool was Dr. Dunk because he won a slam dunk contest
BreYd TIL that Evolution of grass led to the evolution of humans