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TIL that Native American Powwows were first danced in the 1880s, which means they were started after Colombian colonization in the 1400s.

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OoeZ4 TIL; In 1504, Christopher Columbus scared the natives of Jamaica to continue to provision him and his hungry men by successfully predicting a total lunar eclipse. When the moon turned red, showing his God was ‘inflamed with wrath", the frightened community quickly agreed to his request.
MjRa TIL One of the first Egyptian creation myths involved Atum, the first being, reproducing by masturbating & swallowing his own cum. He then spit out the god of moisture & mist, literally naming it “spit” (Tefnut). Then he sneezed out the god of air & emptiness, literally naming it “sneeze” (Shu).
pYG5A TIL that John Maynard Keynes, from whose work the modern economic system is derived, was a Marxist.
JYm4Q TIL Larry Thomas, the actor who played the Soup Nazi on 'Seinfeld', auditioned in a military uniform in character. He was nominated for an Emmy for the role after paying the $100 application fee himself.
Wk0WX TIL In 1955 Playboy published a story about straight men being persecuted in a world where homosexuality was the norm. After many angry letters, Hefner wrote a response to criticism where he said, "If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too."