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TIL: The Canadian RCMP systematically slaughtered the sled dogs of the Inuit until as late as the 1970s

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4na6 TIL, there is a prisoner who has spent 10,220 Days in Extreme Solitary Confinement
mxmmM TIL of a NBA player named Reggie Harding who robbed the same gas station 3 times. When the cashier said, "I know that's you, Reggie," he responded, "No, man, it ain't me!" Unrelated to the robberies, he was shot to death in 1972 at the age of 30.
GwK4 TIL that dogs have a branch of nerves in their ears and when you rub them it releases endorphins, making them extremely relaxed with a type of natural high.
9wv4M TIL in 2006, the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and adidas created a poster made with ink that was mixed with the blood of the players on the team.
QNyP9 TIL that until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe