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TIL that Bob Barker, former host of The Price is Right, is 1/8 Native American and an official member of the Sioux Tribe

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1NMd TIL Dick Butt passed away in 2014. Let’s let him rest in peace, guys.
x67Qo TIL Duffey Strode, an American former street preacher, gained nationwide notoriety in the 1980s for his style of preaching at age 10. Raised by strict, religious parents, he caught attention for loudly quoting Bible verses about Hell and sin, leading to controversy & appearances on major talk shows.
d1nE TIL of the algae octopus which is sometimes described as “the only land octopus” because it will routinely crawl over exposed tidal beds to hunt in the scattered tidal pools
VNJm TIL showers in Alcatraz had only one heat setting which was moderately hot so that the inmates couldn’t acclimate to the surrounding waters.
Eg1Ro TIL Mariano Marcos (the father of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and grandfather of president-elect Bongbong Marcos), was executed by guerillas for alleged collaboration with the Japanese. His hands were tied to water buffaloes who riped his body apart alive in different directions.