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TIL there was a Roman emperor named "Maximinus Thrax" who was allegedly over 8-feet tall and could fit bracelets on his thumb

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e0XkE TIL after listening to Standing Bear (Ponca) lecture in 1879, Helen Hunt Jackson researched the mistreatment of Indians at the Astor Library. She was inspired to write A Century of Dishonor and sent a copy to each member of Congress on her own dime. It was dismissed as sentimental.
kJ64E TIL Leonardo Da Vinci stole dead bodies to better understand human anatomy
BroYK TIL that on today in 1977 Kinney, Minnesota tried to secede from the USA in order to get their water fixed
epDDg TIL After plagiarizing work for his directorial debut, actor Shia LaBeouf plagiarized a public apology from a Yahoo! answers question about plagiarism.
78mb TIL- Blacks are actually more likely to enter college than are whites with similar backgrounds. However they usually get much lower grades, rank toward the bottom of the class, and far more often drop out.