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Til that 150k+ First Nation kids were removed from their homes, over a span of 100 years, in order to "get rid of the Indian problem in Canada"

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0wKZ5 TIL that Maurizio Cattelan, the artist who made the famous $120K duct-taped banana dubbed "Comedian," later made a fully-functional 227 lb 18k gold toilet dubbed "America". The toilet, estimated to be worth $5 million, was stolen the night after installation into Blenheim Palace in the UK.
mxPrp TIL that Hawaiian Pizza was not invented in Hawaii, but rather by a Greek-Canadian in Chatham, Ontario, Canada in 1962
5xVQ TIL the “earthy” smell accompanied by rain comes from an organic compound produced by Actinobacteria found in soil
Br4Nb TIL about Super Baseball 2020, an early 90's baseball video game where some of the players are robots.
N7Ynb TIL Mary Ellen Pleasant, a black woman, pretended to be white, listen to white men of finace's gossip, using the knowledge to earn a $30 million fortune. After the civil war, she let everybody know she was black.