› added 9 years ago

302

TIL Canada’s 1886 Indian Act defined “person” as “an individual other than an Indian”

Read more signatoryindian.tripod.com

via reddit.com

GMNJ TIL cold showers increase testosterone levels, mitigates depression, and invigorates the mind.
d8Z4j TIL the historical inaccuracies in the movie U-571 caused so much controversy it ended up being condemned in British Parliament. Americans did not capture the Enigma machine. The code had been broken years before they entered the war.
QxL6 TIL the Alien in “Alien” was inspired by a transparent deep sea parasite that eats other creatures from the inside out and then takes over their bodies to ride the seas in
VMxV8 TIL about Mitchelville. A self governing American town where newly freed slaves developed and thrived as the first free black town after the Civil War.
wdVW TIL that Wolves and Ravens have a special symbiotic relationship. Ravens are sometimes known as “wolf-birds” because they form social attachments with wolves.