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TIL that the smallest Hawaiian Island, widely known as The Forbidden Isle, is owned by two brothers that inherited from their great-great-grandmother who purchased it from King Kamehameha V for $10,000 in gold. They have turned down all offers to sell it including $1 billion from the U.S. government

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ne96o TIL: Dr. Mary Walker was an American surgeon and feminist. She served as a Union Army nurse in the in the Civil War, before being commissioned as the first woman assistant surgeon. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service, and Walker remains the only woman ever to receive this award.
AN9p7 TIL the 1999 hit song She's So High was written and performed by the son of one of the founders of the Guess Who and BTO
X09bP TIL about Empedocles, the 5th-century BC philosopher, who reportedly jumped into Mount Etna to prove his immortality. However, his plan failed when the volcano spat out one of his bronze sandals, revealing he had perished.
49Zg TIL That in 2011, a man killed his wife in a Walmart she worked at. Instead of closing the store, Walmart just roped off the part of the store covered in blood.
evBL TIL The advertising executive that first used sex appeal in ads was a female, and a member of the suffragette movement.