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TIL of the Native American “Shame Pole”, a totem pole erected to embarrass people for not payment of debts or ridicule misdeeds. In 2007 one such pole was erected in Alaska depicting the CEO of Exxon to highlight an unpaid debt of $5m owed from the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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xvYB TIL that in a duel Andrew Jackson let a man get a free first shot so he could take his time on his own shot. He was hit in the chest but still managed to return fire and kill the man.
69AMJ TIL just two of Dolly Parton’s songs (“Jolene” and “9 to 5”) gross about $6 million to $8 million per year in royalties
newkG TIL that there were no ponies used in the Pony Express, just horses.
AnEg TIL that the Nuremberg Trials was the first time in history that people were tried for crimes against humanity
kRMW TIL That a honeybee has the same amount of hairs as a squirrel: 3 million. Whereas the human head, as a comparison, has just 100,000 hairs.