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TIL Cherokee men wearing phallic-laden masks(penis shaped), would seduce young women by shaking their masks at them. These men were called booger men and the event was known as the booger dance.

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PA5e TIL the Indian rebellion of 1857 started because the East India Trading Company was asking its soldiers to bite the seal off their ammo cartridges, which were sealed with pork and beef animal fats (against Muslim and Hindu beliefs).
P0ve TIL in ‘79 a 14 year old created a “Kingdom” in his Milwaukee bedroom when his mother died. Today the nation Talossa claims national sovereignty, various lands, has a constitutional monarchy, its own language, and citizens on 6 continents.
W7RxY TIL that on January 20th 1993, there were three different US Secretaries of State
69oMm TIL of the Pierce Arrow armoured anti aircraft lorry deployed by the Royal Marine Artillery in the First World War. Used from 1915 to 1917, it shot down over twenty enemy aircraft, having take out the first of these within two days of deployment.
v1vXj TIL The discovery of dinosaurs did not occur until 1820, when Dr. Gideon Mantell, living on the South shore of Sussex picked up a strange tooth in a sandstone, captivating artists, writers and filmmakers ever since.