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TIL that President Lincoln personally selected the Dakota who were hanged in the largest mass execution is US history.

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Oo0AR Today I learned that the live mascot of the Washington Huksies is in fact, not a husky. It's an Alaskan Malamute.
oB4bE TIL that the Boeing 747-200 Air Force One costs $206,000 per flight hour to operate (including fuel, flight consumables, and maintenance), while a commercial 747 costs about $20,000 to $25,000 per flight hour.
4XbOJ TIL that babies cry when they are born because they are bruised and sore from the trauma of birth
Z8OWp TIL that the Nazis believed strongly in the myth of Atlantis. Under the guidance of Heinrich Himmler, archeologists spread the idea that Germans were descended from a superior race of Antlanteans.
VBObG TIL: The Mouse Utopia Experiment was a series of tests designed what would happen to mice if all conditions for survival were met. As populations grew, social pressure became destructive to the colony. Even though all physical needs were met, the colonies collapsed in every experiment.