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TIL in 2006, a 4 year old boy in Power Ranger cosplay successfully stopped a robbery and saved his family

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oRA9E TIL in the 1876 US election, disputed votes nearly led to a second civil war. Democrat Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but an Electoral Commission awarded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes. In exchange for a Hayes win, federal troops were withdrawn from the South, ending Reconstruction.
X0e4r TIL that in 1997, three men from Yemen sued NASA for landing on Mars.They claimed that they inherited the planet from their ancestors 3,000 years ago.
VMEJm TIL the number of days Phil (Bill Murray's character) repeated Groundhog Day in the movie was 38, but in actual time it was calculated to be 8 years, 8 months and 16 days.
PRBn TIL the city of Whynot, North Carolina has it’s name because as residents were arguing over a name for the city, some bloke stood up and said “Why not name the town Why Not and let’s go home?” And so they did.
GYwl4 TIL Some Native American tribes owned Slaves.