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TIL of the Stockbridge Militia, a Native American military unit from Stockbridge, Massachusetts, which was the first group of Native Americans to fight for the cause of American independence during the Revolutionary War.

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loga7 TIL that the popular 90s sitcom Family Matters was a spin-off of a popular 80s sitcom, Perfect Strangers.
JW4m TIL There is a fictitious member of the German parliament. He has his own official bio page, and even a bridge named after him. The hoax has been going since the 1970s
69y1J TIL that duels are legal in Washington and Texas
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MDmB TIL that in the movie “The Program” there was a scene where football players laid in the middle of the highway to prove they have nerves of steel as vehicles avoided them. In real life this stunt was copied but vehicles ran over each person instead of avoiding them.