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TIL USA has broken, changed or nullified all treaties made with native Americans.

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nWM69 TIL of Skull Chapel, a still-standing 18th-century chapel in Poland whose walls and ceiling are lined with around 3,000 skulls and the bones thousands of people who died in the 1700s. Oh and the basement has the bones of another 21,000 people as well.
jQDa TIL a Playstation 4 horror demo called P.T. was considered one of the best horror games in years until it was removed from the Playstation Store. Now, consoles with this demo sell on ebay for up to $1000.
9YJeM TIL the shark in Jaws was named Bruce, after Spielberg’s lawyer
gxoX TIL, Russian Scientists discovered seeds 124 feet below permafros that an “Ice Age Squirrel” had buried, the seeds dated back 32,000 years old. They were successfully germinated and a year later created their own seeds.
vGbr TIL Mattel filed a lawsuit against Aqua’s record claiming that their hit song “Barbie Girl” damaged their Barbie brand. After finding MCA Records not guilty, the Judge concluded his opinion by writing “The parties are advised to chill.”