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TIL: Many Native Americans consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the genocide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples. Participants in the National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.

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ODeg TIL Major banks like UBS, HSBC, and Barclays have been submitting phony numbers, often in concert with each other for years. Together they manipulated world markets, specifically the Libor rate, which controls interest rates worldwide, causing trillions in damage. No banker will spend a day in jail.
Eglbp TIL Richard Garriott, a computer game designer and astronaut's son, legitimately purchased the Lunokhod 2 and its Luna 21 lander, being the first private purchase of an object on another astronomical body. He has jokingly claimed the rest of the Moon in the name of his gaming name Lord British
N7NWP TIL that of the ten costliest atlantic hurricanes, only one occurred before the year 2000, and half occurred within the past 10 years.
ANd14 TIL that on June 1st 1533, Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey by Archbishop Cranmer with St Edward’s Crown and not the usual consort’s crown. This rare honour sought to legitimise Anne as queen, along with her unborn child, expected to be the long-awaited male heir.
M7Ea TIL Nokia made a handheld game console in 2003, the N-Gage. In the first two weeks, Nokia claimed to have sold 400,000 units, but researchers later found they had only actually sold 5,800~ units in total.