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69YYZ TIL that in 1884 a 14-year-old Canadian Native boy was accused of a murder and was subsequently lynched by an American mob led by two men who were likely the real murderers
epMon TIL there is a "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean—where Earth's mass is reduced, causing weaker gravitational pull and lower-than-average sea levels. This anomaly likely formed when the Tethys Ocean disappeared between India and Central Asia and forced lower-density magma closer to the surface.
7xeZ TIL that James Audubon, painter and founder of the conservationist Audubon society, killed every bird he painted.