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TIL Dian Fossey, the conservationist who lived with Gorillas for several years, was murdered while doing research in Rwanda

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8yxa TIL that “trumpery” is a real word dating back to the 1400s, and it means “something without value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff; nonsense; twaddle.”
pYdW8 TIL as part of its foreign policy the Nixon administration actively portrayed the president as an out of control madman to try and convince hostile nations that he was capable of anything at anytime. Including nuclear war. Nixon dubbed this strategy "Madman Theory".
grE9y TIL Hornussen is a indigenous Swiss sport. It's named after the "Hornuss" (Hornet) puck, which buzzes at speeds up to 300 km/h. First recorded in Bern 1625, in a complaint about the breaking of Sabbath. Two men were fined the sum of 20 francs for playing Hornussen on Sunday.
ZpYOp TIL that in the 1980s one of the propellers salvaged from the wreck of the Lusitania was melted down to make golf clubs.
a8Npo TIL the Lenni Lenape, the Native American tribe indigenous to the area between CT & DE, played a sport where 2 teams: 1 all men & 1 all women try to get a ball into the other's goal. The women can carry/pass/kick the ball & tackle. The men couldn't tackle & could only kick/dislodge the ball.