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TIL the word Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’

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VMkvB TIL Divine Brown used the money stemming from her liasion with Hugh Grant to get her out of prostitution and get her kids into private school.
neNrP TIL: Killer Whale is a mistranslation of Whale-Killer - Orcas are part of the dolphin family and hunt whales
M7Je0 TIL Vancouver pioneer ’Gassy’ Jack Deighton’s statue was pulled down by activists in historic Gastown in 2022. Gassy Jack married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl named Xaliya at age 40, who ran away at 15 after giving birth to their son. Xaliya lived to 90 and still has descendants
m1RLM TIL Canada used to have 'Johnny Cash' machines that were ATMs endorsed by Johnny Cash
YpRXZ TIL in 1973 Chippewa chief Adam Fortunate Eagle flew from California to Italy, "discovering" it and claiming it for his tribe on the same basis as Christopher Columbus's claims to Native American lands