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TIL: that in 2020 Native protestors in Minnesota took down a statue of Christoper Columbus and the “punishment” to the lead organizer was 100 hours of community service to educate the community about Christoper Columbus’s real history.

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oo1L TIL at Warped Tour concert venues, parents accompanying their children are admitted free of charge and can spend the day waiting for their children at the “Reverse Day Care” tent.
nWEkd TIL about Gilbert Motier, a French military officer who commanded Continental Army troops in the American Revolutionary War and later played a key role in the French Revolution. His ancestor, also named Gilbert Motier, also fought England alongside Joan of Arc in 1429.
b6mNZ TIL that a small city in Canada has been celebrating Wrestling Day on January 2nd, every year since 1959, where all the businesses are closed so that people can wrestle with their hangovers for an extra day after New Year’s Eve.
p8oMO TIL A Female Kangaroo has Three (3) Vaginas, & they can have a simultaneous dual pregnancies and give birth to a joey on separate months of a year.
9XxX TIL that it’s possible to grow edible radishes, peas, rye, and tomatoes from soil that is similar to dirt found on Mars.