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TIL During the period of 2000-2009 Dave Matthews Band sold more tickets and earned more money than any other act in North America

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a0ON TIL The last episode of the Powerpuff Girls was banned. It was a Tommy style musical argued to have a capitalist vs. communist message.
XRbR TIL that Lakota people legally own most of South Dakota (Treaty of Fort Laramie - 1868)
8eGZX TIL Sam Walton founder of Wal-mart was an avid pilot. He flew his small aluminum plane around to scout new store locations and keep tabs on his stores. One time he dropped in on a Wal-Mart because he noticed from the sky that its parking lot was empty.
xVZZw TIL: An artist active in Grenada mounted dozens of realistic statues underwater to provide "habitat for filter-feeding organisms." The submerged sculpture garden Jason de Caires Taylor built gets visits from divers and tourists in clear-bottomed boats as well as tropical fish.
b6J9j TIL around 2,000 mentally ill WW2 veterans were lobotomized against their will for things such as PTSD, depression and homosexuality