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TIL when Sitting Bull was touring with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, he was so impressed with Annie Oakley’s shooting abilities and charmed by her character that he gave her the name “Little Sure Shot” and symbolically adopted her as his daughter.

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neyOG TIL Sana Amanat, born into a Pakistani family, co-created Marvel's first solo series to feature a Muslim female superhero, Ms. Marvel. Growing up, she often saw women who were blonde and white idolized in society while Muslims were often demonized and she wished to become a pretty white girl
9E4X TIL Christian music singer Amy Grant successfully sued Marvel Comics in 1991 for using her likeness for a cover of an issue of Dr. Strange because it indicated that she was associating with witchcraft
YDAv TIL that Josephine Baker would sometimes bring her pet cheetah, Chiquita, on stage during her performances. The cheetah would often leap in to the orchestra pit and terrorize the musicians, adding a new level of excitement to the show.
a8GJ0 TIL Josef Koeberl set a world record by standing in a box filled with 440 pounds of ice for 2 hours, 30 minutes, and 57 seconds. Wearing only swim trunks, he beat his previous record by 30 minutes, enduring the pain by focusing on positive thoughts.
OGL11 TIL of Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave, a Royal Navy officer who was on three different ships that were torpedoed... all on the same day