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TIL about half of America’s states owe their names to Native American origin

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GA5r1 TIL Bhutan committed ethnic cleansing against its indigenous Nepali population, leading them to seek refuge in other countries including Nepal and European countries
VMpop TIL Australian prime minister Harold Holt loved swimming and diving so much that when his press secretary expressed concern about this he said, "Look, what are the odds that a PM would drown or be eaten by a shark?". In 1967, Holt went for a swim in the ocean and was never seen again.
9wERG TIL that after reading Rutherford’s paper on atomic disintegration, Henry Adams wrote in 1902 : “At this rate, thought will be overturned; law replaced by force [...] explosives will reach cosmic violence.” Less than 50 years later, the first nuclear bomb exploded in New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
WlX9 TIL pioneering shock rocker Alice Cooper credits golf with helping him overcome alcohol addiction and plays the game up to six days a week.
xVrow TIL: The white man in this famous photo, Peter Norman is wearing the badge of Olympic Project for Human Rights, protesting racial injustice. He was later ostracized by the Olympic committee and his home country Australia to the point where he couldn't even get a job.