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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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bvZa TIL Richard Owen (who created the word Dinosaur) exploited his crippled peer Gideon Mantell, by claiming ownership and renaming his discoveries. After Mantels suicide, Owen wrote his obituary calling Mantell a mediocre Scientist. He then had Mantells spine removed, pickled, and stored.
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