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TIL just 16 years after being forcibly relocated on the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw Nation donated $170 to help the starving victims of the Irish potato famine in 1847

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e0kl5 TIL of Katie Brumbach, a 20th century strongwoman who met her husband of 52 years after he took her on in the circus ring; her father was offering a 100 gold marks to anyone who could defeat his daughter. An aspiring acrobat named Max Heymann took her on, but lost. He then fell in love with her.
levB TIL a man in Missouri is in his 20th year of a life-without-parole sentence as the result of 3 marijuana-related felonies. He says when he tells other prisoners what he’s serving life for, they do not believe him.
Xywj TIL In 1969, France placed an arms embargo on Israel after the Israeli government had already paid for a delivery of war ships. The French didn’t deliver on all of the ships. Israel responded by sending a team of commandos to France who managed steal and pilot the remaining ships back to Israel.
rRYxW TIL that a bank was once sent through USPS brick by brick
kJovm TIL the Māori won a lawsuit against Legos because of Bioncles