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TIL of the Ipperwash Crisis, a land dispute between the Ojibway band and the Ontario government. One protestor was killed but ultimately led to the return of the land to the First Nation.

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4RA6 TIL that on one occasion, J.S. Bach was in Dresden at the same time as a French organist named Louis Marchand. There was to be a competition between the two men to see who was better at improvisation. Marchand heard Bach practicing the day before the competition and left town.
aw1Yo TIL the first piece of footage Ed Wood ever produced was a shot of the Hindenburg shortly before it crashed
X0mEk TIL: Maine still refers to 29 municipalities as “plantations”. They are between unincorporated areas and a town, size wise
a8r09 TIL the painting American Gothic is not a portray of a husband and wife, but a farmer standing beside his unmarried daughter.
aw8Mo TIL that a tribe from Napal risk their lives climbing the Himalaya Mountains to harvest honey made from the world's largest bees. The honey is collected from poisonous Rhododendron flowere. It provides a range of uses including psychedelic effects, as well as medical benefits.