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

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bMLj TIL Robert Byrd, who served as US Senator from 1959 to 2010 as the longest serving member in the history of Congress, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan
9Wb7 TIL President Theodore Roosevelt was hated by his party for his progressive policies. He was pressured into the Vice Presidency because it was seen as a “dead-end” where he couldn’t do any more harm.
XPQE TIL when the U.S. government suppressed Native religions to convert them to Christianity, some called it “making apples”, as the Indians would still appear ‘red’ on the outside, but would be made 'white’ on the inside.
oRNGo TIL Scientists study hibernating bears to understand their physiology to improve treatments for osteoporosis, muscle loss (from aging or cancer), diabetes, and/or inducing a near hibernation state for human space travel.
LQbg0 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met in person only once and that apparently neither man liked the other because they were so alike