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TIL that in 1885 Chief Sitting Bull spent four months playing himself in reconstructions of Custer’s Last Stand for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Historians are divided as to whether he cursed the audiences in the Lakota language during his performance.

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1gK4 TIL that brushing your teeth before breakfast instead of afterwards is healthier, and that brushing your teeth right after eating acidic foods, like oranges, damages your teeth permanently.
ppj8 TIL that alligators have been a long-running problem for NASA, including climbing over their fences and entering buildings over night
LpgZ TIL: An ancient planet in our solar system had its outer crust blasted away by asteroid impacts. All that remained was a solid metal core which still orbits the sun today. Scientists now propose sending a probe to this “metal world” to learn more about how our own planet formed.
epAY6 TIL that Sugar Ray, who wrote late 90s classics like "Fly" and "Every Morning", started as a nu metal band
n9r TIL that, in a July 2007 poll surveying Russian 16-19 year olds, half of the respondents agreed that Stalin was a “good leader.” 54% said that he did more good than bad.