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TIL that the Seminole Tribe did not exist prior to the 1700s. It was formed in Spanish Florida by members of other tribes who were displaced out of the English colonies by settlers. Florida's original indigenous population was extinct by then from disease and enslavement brought by the Spanish.

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XE0pX TIL There has not been a year in the last 14 years when Mr. Brightside by the Killers was not in the UK top 100 chart and at 189 weeks, it holds the record for the most weeks in the top 100
pX5A TIL a town in Florida was named Frostproof as a marketing plot to claim that the town would never have a citrus frost. Less than two years after its founding a frost killed most of the citrus in town.
4Xre5 TIL that blink-182 was forced by the American Red Cross to remove a red cross from the artwork for their album "Enema of the State" as it was a violation of the international Geneva Conventions.
A1Kg TIL in 1994 a man named Tony Cicoria was struck by lightening while standing next to a public telephone, and resuscitated by a nurse who was waiting to use the phone. Not long after recovery he said his head became flooded with music. He bought a piano and is now a successful composer and performer.
P1gxe TIL of Snap-dragon, a parlour game from the 16th century. In a dark room, brandy was heated and placed in a wide shallow bowl; raisins were placed in the brandy which was then set alight. The object was to snatch the raisins and extinguish them in your mouth. Kids often burned their hands & mouths.