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TIL that the last "wild" American Indian - Ishi - walked out into the Western world near Oroville, California in 1911

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nWEpB TIL of the competitive sport of Hobby Horsing. Competitors compete in events such as Show Jumping, Dressage, Freestyle and Time trials.
j68mQ TIL Province House in the British colony of Prince Edward Island was completed in 1848. It housed the 1864 Charlottetown Conference which led to the birthplace of Canada's Confederation in 1867. However, the conference's original intent was only to discuss a Maritime Union
WEML TIL that in 1871, Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill into law that gave him the right to suspend habeas corpus in order to combat the Ku Klux Klan.
V96m TIL millionaire Michael O'Leary, created his own taxicab company with just one cab so he can legally use the bus lanes.
yapp TIL the fortune cookie was created by Japanese Americans and originally associated with Japanese food. In WWII, Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps and Chinese American manufacturers took control of the market, which is why today fortune cookies are associated with Chinese food.