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TIL the song “Buffalo Gals” was likely written in 1844 by a blackface minstrel nicknamed Cool White.

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9YoMX TIL Philippe II Auguste once suggested a duel between five champions on each side to decide a battle between France and England, but changed his mind after Richard the Lionheart suggested that the kings were among the champions, as Richard was too good of a knight.
l778A TIL about Nigel, the “World's loneliest bird' who fell in love with a concrete replica and died beside it.
Kdka TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger only spoke 74 words in The Terminator.
b9RnQ TIL Ancient Greek sculptures were originally painted bright colors; they only appear white today because the original pigments have deteriorated
PY91e TIL that an 11-year-old boy was suspended for 364 days for bringing what "looked like a marijuana leaf" to school, despite it being tested negative for marijuana three times.