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TIL: Adjusted for inflation Gone with the wind(1939) is the highest-grossing movie of all time.

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PYbEO TIL after oil was discovered on their homelands, 60 or more wealthy, full-blood Osage native Americans were killed from 1918 to 1931. The murders appear to have been committed by people intent on taking over their great wealth, whose land was producing valuable oil, and had annual royalties.
DQO5p TIL of the 1986 Illinois gubernatorial election, where Lyndon LaRouche's cultists hijacked the Democratic lieutenant governor primary to nominate one of their own, causing the actual Democrats to split off and form their own 3rd party for the year
wL06 TIL Bats hang upside down because the weight of the bat pulls on tendons that hold the feet closed.
Qp0E TIL about the Sentinelese, a hunter-gatherer tribe in the Andaman Islands who speak an unknown language and practice complete autonomy over their affairs. Little is known about them because they are extremely hostile to outsiders who approach their island.
yQvww TIL that the town of Monowi in Nebraska is the smallest town in the USA with only one resident. Elsie Eiler (84), she is the mayor, clerk, librarian and bar owner. She pays taxes to herself, gives herself her own liquor licenses and votes for herself in municipal elections.