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TIL Native Americans took over Alcatraz Island for 19 months in the 60s/70s.

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Z8RVa TIL Of Orion P. Howe, a 14-year old drummer boy who received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War for volunteering to supply ammunition under heavy fire. He experienced 14 battles, and after the war he joined the Naval Academy because he was still too young for West Point.
rNk9w TIL one of the proposed definitions for the meter was the seconds pendulum, which takes 1 second for each swing
Y8Lv TIL that the BBC does not use a recording of Big Ben’s chimes for radio, instead the audio is sent live from the tower to broadcast
wLP87 TIL That the creator of Frasier was killed on September 11th when his plane crashed into the North Tower.
ep41J TIL comedian Mel Brooks "secretly" produced several dramatic films including The Elephant Man (1980) and The Fly (1986), and deliberately kept his name out of the credits to avoid mischaracterizing the films as comedies