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TIL in 1980 the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the Sioux Nation had been deprived of rights granted in Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. The Sioux rejected the decision⁠—monetary compensation was not enough

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Pk8J TIL Pixar’s ‘Cars’ movie only made $462M in theaters but has since grossed more than $8 billion in merchandising.
v1wAL TIL that there was a persistent myth that a race of pygmy humans lived in Tennessee. In reality, these were normal bones of Native Americans secondarily buried in short stone coffins.
N7eZ6 TIL that there is a massively popular children's TV character in Germany called Bernd das Brot (Bernd the Bread) who is a depressed loaf of bread whose catchphrases include "I would like to be left alone" and "My life is hell".
wMR8 TIL there is a proposed HTTP status code 451 indicating censorship, referencing Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 novel
rR5lw TIL that the wife of George Lucas, Marcia Lucas, won an Oscar in 1977 for Best Film Editing in Star Wars. George Lucas has won zero Oscars.