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TIL that carrots used to be purple until the late 16th century

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0wdo5 TIL that Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was supposedly prophesied to die from a falling object, and therefore stayed outdoors. He was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.
R50pa TIL George Lucas’s dog, an Alaskan malamute named Indiana, was often taken by the Lucases on car drives and called their ‘furry copilot’. He was an inspiration for Chewbacca and the source of Indiana Jones’ name.
9YgX TIL that the University of Iowa’s locker room for visiting football teams is completely painted pink
16GYV TIL the United States did not annex the entirety of Mexico after the Mexican-American war because of racism
a8raL TIL of the Moriori genocide, a pacifist people of the Chatham Islands who were massacred and enslaved by New Zealand Maori in 1835 after being discovered by British Whalers in 1791