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aw68A TIL about John Sedgwick a US general who asked his men during a battle "Why are you ducking? They couldn't hit an elephant from this distance." Sedgwick was shot under the left eye by an enemy sharpshooter as he finished the sentence.
J0Km TIL that the king of Siam (Thailand) offered to send Abraham Lincoln war elephants to help with the Civil War.
n05W TIL Abraham Lincoln was challenged to a duel - as the challenged, he chose the dueling weapon - A broadsword.