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TIL Davy Crockett voted against the Indian Removal Act

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xPZB TIL that the President of Uruguay donates 90% of his salary to charity, lives in a farmhouse, and drives an ‘87 VW Beetle.
bplp TIL that a case of mass hallucinations and insanity in a small French village in 1951 may have been caused by a secret CIA LSD experiment called Project Span
X0E06 TIL that at a Guns N’ Roses concert on July 2, 1991, during the band’s performance of Rocket Queen, Axl Rose dived into the audience and tackled a fan who was taking photos of the concert. Axl would proceed to smash the microphone, forcing GNR to leave, which would incite a 3-hour riot.
J1r8k TIL about Robledo Puch, "The Angel of Death". Convicted at 20 years old for 11 murders and 17 armed robberies. After his arrest his mother attempted suicide and his father blamed him for it, angering Puch and threatening to kill him upon release. He's spent the last 52 years in an Argentinian prison
e0LlE TIL: The White throated Rail, went extinct due to invasive predator introduction, then later re-evolved from a different related species.