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TIL there used to be a horse sized duck living in Australia

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rRLjw TIL-"Sell or Starve" Act of 1877. After defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Congress attached, what the Sioux call the "sell or starve" rider, to the Indian Appropriations Act of 1876 that cut off all rations for the Sioux until they terminated hostilities and ceded the Black Hills to the US
j6kLX TIL with 1,100 Dunkin' locations in Massachusetts, there are two Dunkin' stores across the street from each other in Revere, Massachusetts.
KYWAG TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
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R7nyj TIL Prince recorded the synthesizer solo for "When Doves Cry" at half-speed and an octave lower against a half-speed backing track, speeding it up to create the final version. Keyboardist Matt Fink was tasked with learning and performing it at full speed live.