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TIL the Declaration of Independence refers to Native Americans as “the merciless Indian Savages”.

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VX9Q TIL that by the time US Army Rangers have graduated from training school, they’re so well trained that members have reported waking up screaming from nightmares about Ranger school to be relieved that they are only in Vietnam.
xVE0B TIL Former guitarist for Blink 182, Tom DeLonge, quit the band to devote more time to his life-long passion; UFOs.
4k8Eg TIL of the "Dawson Film Find". 1900s Dawson was a remote gold rush town with a cinema. Film's sent there were never returned, accumulated, buried, covered by a hockey rink and forgotten. Years later diggers unearthed the 533 reels of lost films, and rare footage, including the 1919 World Series.
dDmXK TIL that in the 19th century, a morphine-containing syrup was marketed as a solution for: baby teething , constipation, bad breath, and dirty teeth. It was not withdrawn from sale until 1930.
16aOX TIL the boom mic was invented by director Dorothy Arzner on the set of a 1929 film about drunk college coeds called The Wild Party, starring Clara Bow.