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TIL that when a heiress disappeared in New York City, her parents didn’t report her missing because they were worried about the negativity it would bring the family. She was never found.

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0wMeN TIL At the time of the English settlement at Jamestown, established in 1607, Opechancanough was a much-feared warrior and a charismatic leader of the Powhatans. In 1646, forces under Royal Governor William Berkeley captured and killed him when he was in his 90s
xVvNg TIL About Mike Hayes, The Kid Who Crowdfunded His College Education — In 1987 by collecting a penny from 2.8 million people.
N1Q6 TIL that the Long Island Iced Tea originated during the prohibition era in the United States because when it was all combined it looked like a non alcoholic iced tea
oBwXL Til: Norwegian National Law of 1274 had prohibitions against consorting with trolls.
XEW1E TIL about Cargo Cults, an indigenist belief system in which adherents perform rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods. These cults were first described in Melanesia in the wake of contact with allied military forces during the 2nd World War.