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TIL Lacrosse was original created by Native North Americans

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PvXE TIL that Niʻihau, the seventh largest Hawaiian Island, is privately owned by two brothers who inherited it, their great great grandmother bought it from the Kingdom of Hawai'i for $10,000 in gold in 1864.
egD5 TIL Collapsing faster than the Dodo: Indian vultures. Over 80 million wiped out since 1990, causing a public health crisis to the tune of 30,000 human deaths and 34 billion USD annually.
ExR0 TIL before modern weight training, pairs of old church bells were often fashioned together by a rod so they could be lifted. The clappers were removed making the bells silent, or dumb, hence the term ‘dumbbell.’
lvAA TIL that the rights to 7Up are owned by Pepsi in every country EXCEPT the US, where they are owned by Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
7Mgp TIL that in 2008, McDonald’s saved $278,850,000 by removing one of the two slices of cheese from the McDouble Cheeseburger.