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TIL about the Bascom affair, in which the Apache took 6 American settlers hostage and eventually killed them. The incident lead to a decades long struggle known as the Apache Wars.

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OGDnL TIL that 25 year-old Clare Torry, who provided the wordless vocals for Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” from their iconic album Dark Side of the Moon, completed her recording session in two and a half takes. She was paid £30 for her performance.
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E1vWw TIL that Nicholas Cage ate real cockroaches while filming a scene for the film Vampire’s Kiss (1988) and that it was his idea to do so.