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TIL the summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone made up of fossilised remains of ocean creatures

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VMaLD TIL about Adolph Metzger, a bugler who used his instrument as a weapon until it was battered shapeless in the Fetterman Fight. Metzger was the only soldier whose dead body was not mutilated. Instead the Indians covered him with a buffalo hide. His dented bugle is now displayed in a Wyoming museum.
NZeJ TIL That the American Civil Liberties Union and the Insane Clown Posse Teamed Up To Sue The Department of Justice For Violating Juggalo’s Constitutional Rights
epgNL TIL about Kwanzaa, an African American holiday created in 1966 as an alternative to Christmas.
awQ0M TIL that when Bill Withers debuted with “Ain’t no Sunshine” in 1971, he refused to leave his job as an assembler in a factory, believing that the music business was a fickle industry
rgvw TIL it is customary for the residents of Churchill, Manitoba to leave their car doors unlocked in case you may need to take shelter from a POLAR BEAR