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TIL all of Oklahoma's "Unassigned Lands" were settled in one day. At high noon on April 22, 1889, approx. 50k settlers lined up, and a starting gunshot was fired. They raced chaotically to claim the lands (taken back from Indigenous tribes), and by the end of the day, nearly 2M acres were claimed

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OyoR TIL in the 50’s, there were so many Congressional hearings on Communists and homosexuals infiltrating the government that one congressman said: “I do not know what homosexuals are, but I never saw anybody get as much free advertising in the Congress of the United States in all my life.”
Y4d TIL The Lakota word for white people is “wasicu,” which means “the one who takes the best meat.”
MewBW TIL that an estimated 10-20% of young women in industrialized countries have a contact allergy to nickel
mBQE TIL of former California Arson Investigator John Orr, a serial arsonist who likely set over 2000 fires over a ten year period.
wo61P TIL The St. Gallen bratwurst, made from veal, pork, and milk, is IGP-protected. Virtually unchanged since 1438, it is mainly eaten as street food, traditionally without mustard, served with bread.