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TIL the first Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles, not Chicago

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RoMQ TIL that Indian war chief “Rain-in-the-face” told General Custer before the Battle of Little Big Horn that “he would find him on the battlefield, rip his heart out, and eat it in front of him.” Long story short, he did.
p8RON TIL about Congressman Charlie Wilson's revenge. When he was 13, his neighbor, Charles Hazard poisoned his dog by mixing glass into its food. Years later, when Hazard was running for office, Wilson drove 96 people to the polls, telling them how Hazard had killed his dog. Hazard lost by sixteen votes.
jNMnN TIL Tennessee bans "omnibus bills." The content of bills passed by the Tennessee General Assembly can be no broader than the title of the bill.
5Y1mR TIL hundreds of dead animal carcasses including pets were found in West Virginia in the woods. Some had been decapitated and a few had intravenous tubes inserted in their forelegs.
K9GQ TIL that in 2009, 3 Monarch caterpillars were sent into space and returned safely as butterflies in 2010.