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TIL that a Canadian politician got expelled from her party for stomping and performing voodoo on a Bush doll in a "22 Minutes" segment.

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8eR7K TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.
Dj8j TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: “unknown compelling force”
dD0Br TIL the code "HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" is named after Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, in which books were illegal and burned. This error can appear when the requested information cannot be shown for legal reasons, such as the web page being censored by the government.
x64x7 TIL of Panilo (Hawaiian cowboys). After cows were introduced to Hawaii in 1793 their population grew to the point of being a dangerous nuisance. King Kamehameha III, impressed with Mexican Vaqueros seen during a state visit, invited some over to teach the Hawaiian people to manage cattle and ranches
4kexN TIL in 1893, John Nance Garner won the election for county judge of Uvalde County, Texas against Mariette "Ettie" Rheiner. The electoral opponents then started dating and married in 1895. John Garner would go on to serve as U.S. Vice President from 1933 to 1941.