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TIL Crazy Horse was raised by his aunt, Good Looking Woman.

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6lnQ TIL Claudette Colvin actually refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks, but she was 15 and pregnant so the NAACP didn’t want to publicize her.
YPZr TIL Christopher Walken was a lion tamer as a teenager and applied for the position because, “I’ve always loved cats.”
LkQ9P TIL that in 2006 Michael Vick started a charity for at-risk youth. The charity spent $20,000 of its budget on programs for kids, paid $97,000 to a friend of Vick's who acted as the foundation's "fundraiser" and gave the remaining $50,000 in its bank account to Vick's financial adviser.
69gVl TIL in Japan and Korea there is a strong belief that blood type is linked to personality.
JZYV TIL that although samurai are best known for their swordsmanship, originally the way of the warrior was the way of the horse and the bow. “kyūjutsu [art of archery] was actually considered a more vital skill for a significant portion of Japanese history”