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TIL American bisons were hunted with the intention of destroying the food source of the natives.

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E1dJW TIL that Nazi leader Hermann Göring once claimed "No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Göring. You may call me Meyer.". This would later come back to haunt him as Allied bombers devastated Germany and citizens began to call him "Meyer".
xlp7 TIL that the band “Eagles” sued a nonprofit eagle preservation organization for the use of the word “Eagles”.
7G6M TIL The Institute for Historical Review, a group that denies the holocaust, offered $50,000 for verifiable “proof that gas chambers for the purpose of killing human beings existed at or in Auschwitz” the reward was claimed in 1985 by an Auschwitz survivor.
jNBgN TIL that in 2004 police discovered a movie theater in the Paris Catacombs. It was equipped with a giant cinema screen, seats, projection equipment, film reels, a fully stocked bar and a complete restaurant with tables and chairs. Its power source and the identity of those responsible remain unknown.
8epgG TIL that Drew Carey refuses to ever submit himself for an Emmy Award nomination