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TIL William Tecumseh Sherman's niece was named Euthanasia Sherman. She was a doctor

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TIL Ferrari, Kowalski, Smith are all occupational surnames refering to blacksmiths. It is the most common occupational name in Europe.

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TIL Sean Connery had such a bad time on the set of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" in 2003 that it made him decide to retire from acting and publicly co...

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TIL During the funeral of William Sherman, Joseph Johnston served as pallbearer. He kept his hat off in respect despite rainy weather; when told to put on his h...

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TIL 10k acres of Tohono O'odham reservation was flooded by a dam in 1960. In compensation, the Tribe could add unincorporated land to its reservation. Instead o...

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TIL that there is a basketball court directly above the U.S. Supreme Court named “Highest Court in the Land”

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r/todayilearned - TIL about the Chinese use of “oracle bones”, in which questions about the future into the bones of oxen or turtles. The bones are then heated,...

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TIL that the term "losing one's religion", as in the REM song, does not mean to become an atheist, but rather to lose one's temper and become angry.

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TIL Mel Gibson was the Coen Brother's first choice to play The Dude in "The Big Lebowski"

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TIL that in the 2020 Supreme Court case McGirt v. Oklahoma, it was ruled that roughly half of the state of Oklahoma, including most of the city of Tulsa, is leg...

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TIL actor Brad Pitt founded the "Make It Right Foundation" after hurricane Katrina, which rebuilt 109 homes in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. However, rot, ...

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TIL that Elvis had an identical twin brother, who was stillborn. Though he never knew his brother, this tragedy weighed on Elvis his whole life. His Mother alwa...

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TIL that mountain Kawagarbo was never summited. The last serious attempt happened in 1991 where all 17 members of the climbing team died. There also won't be an...

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TIL about Frederick Banting, at 30 he discovered Insulin, and sold the patent for $1 to the University of Toronto. He won the Nobel prize at 32. Over 150 millio...

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TIL that “sugar rushes” aren’t real and are just a psychological/cultural effect of parental influence.

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TIL even though Mona Lisa Vito wins the case in “My Cousin Vinny” by testifying there was only two cars made in the 1960s with independent rear suspension, the ...

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TIL in 2014 a 27-year-old man fell asleep in a hammock while camping in Kentucky. In the morning, his friends saw him get up & sleepwalk off a 60-foot cliff. Ho...

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Hitman Dev IO Interactive Put Daniel Craig's Head on Agent 47 When Pitching for James Bond Game 007 First Light

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TIL a man who developed 'popcorn lung' after years of inhaling the smell of artificial butter flavoring from daily consumption of microwave popcorn sued Gilster...

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TIL about Ol Rip, a Horny toad that allegedly hibernated for 31 years after being placed in the cornerstone of the Eastland, Texas Courthouse.

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