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Til that the first windmill in California was built by the Russians in their colony in California

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XEG1r TIL Tom Mauser, father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser, wears the shoes his son died in every time he speaks about Columbine.
waV6 TIL that J. Edgar Hoover falsely claimed that a woman who “couldn’t plan breakfast” had been criminal mastermind and gang leader, after she was killed in a shootout between her son and the FBI. Hoover’s version of her inspired Ma Beagle in DuckTales, and Ma Fratelli in The Goonies.
Z8DEY TIL that because of their tendency to take the form of whatever container they're in, a study was conducted over whether cats should be classified as liquids or solids. It later won the Ig Noble Prize.
ao4N TIL of Udre Udre, a Fijian Islander who was the most prolific cannibal in the world with over 872 victims in his lifetime.
OR06 TIL that Hall & Oates met each other in a service elevator while trying to escape an exchange of gunfire at a battle of the bands.