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Today I learned a HS in CO with a Native American logo made peace with the Arapaho tribe in 1993 and continue to be "Warriors" with the tribe's permission

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MeYV0 TIL many household appliances have a “Sabbath mode” that, when activated, allows the user to operate the appliance within the constraints of Jewish religious holidays by disabling certain functions of the appliance.
GA594 TIL Victoria Drummond was the first female maritime engineer and served on various commercial vessels. During WWII, an old freighter she served on came under attack by German bombers. She managed to exceed the old top speed of the ship by 50% during the attack, which helped with evasive maneuvers.
V0mG TIL A short film was made in 1976 where a man drives 85 mph through Paris while ignoring red lights, driving the wrong way on one-way streets, and driving on the sidewalk to avoid a rubbish truck to get to his date. The director was rumored to be arrested on it’s first screening.
PYBaG TIL that Judith Viorst (author of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) wrote a poem about her parents' deaths when she was seven. Both her parents were still alive at the time, and were not amused.
EyEV TIL, a Thai janitor stole Saudi Royal jewels, when the jewels were then returned it was discovered that half of them were fake, a Saudi business man with close ties to the royal family then traveled to Thailand to investigate and was abducted and killed, along with 3 Saudi officials 3 months later.