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TIL King Tammany Day was once a hugely popular holiday in America, even celebrated by George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge

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jN7vE TIL that in the 13th century, a Muslim polymath named Ibn al-Nafis discovered the circulation of blood 300 years before William Harvey
QB6 TIL - Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. After landing on the Moon, he gave himself Communion on the surface of the Moon, but he kept it secret because of a lawsuit brought over the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8
eGwE TIL that in 2002, a high school student ‘inspired by 9/11’ flew a stolen Cessna plane into the Bank of America building. He was the only casualty.
d85P9 Today I learned that Hans Zimmer plays keys in the Video killed the radio star video
Oo91 TIL some of the Koi San people of southern Africa hunt antelope by chasing them on foot until they get heatstroke. The antelope overheat before the humans do.