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TIL L. Frank Baum, author of 'The Wizard of Oz', owned a newspaper and frequently wrote in it that all Native Americans should be exterminated

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yyl8 TIL that the Playstation’s buttons have meanings. The triangle refers to the player’s view looking forward, square refers to menus or maps, and the circle and X represent Yes and No. The creator had hoped that other people would see these icons as such, and use them for their original propose.
kJr5e TIL Frank Hayes, a Horse Racer, died in the last part of a race from a heart attack and his body remained in the saddle when his horse crossed the finish line, winning the race, and making him the first, and so far only, jockey known to have won a race after death
lpGK TIL that Neerja Bhanot, an Indian flight, attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the terrorits. She died while attempting to help passengers escape, shielding three children from a hail of bullets.
D1d1Y Today i learned that a man was arrested after airport security became suspicious of bumps found under his pants which turned out to be 64 alive birds,and 2 dead, stitched into the lining near his groin.
6EJYQ TIL Joan of Arc wanted to fight the Hussites, a Czech-based Christian sect deemed "heretical" by the Catholic Church. In a letter to the Hussites, she said that were she not busy fighting the English, she would march to Bohemia to relieve the Hussites "of either their heresy or their lives."