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TIL Indigenous Native Americans were not granted US citizenship until 1924

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9YaZM TIL someone on the set of titanic spiked the seafood chowder with PCP and got dozens of cast and crew members high including director James Cameron
VMedD TIL there are no such thing as "Alpha Wolf". A scientist named L.David Mech wrote a book which popularized this term ,only to found out he made a mistake and the dominant wolves were just the parent of the pack.
MeveB TIL the deposed Last Emperor of China was so used to having his needs catered to that whilst an imprisoned war criminal, it was observed that he had never brushed his teeth or tied shoelaces himself. Upon his release, others noticed that he would forget to flush the toilet and close doors behind him
areN TIL in 2007, a 75 year old woman smashed up a Comcast office with a hammer because she was fed up with their poor customer service.
rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.