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TIL, In 2009, the remains of an unknown Union soldier, believed to be between 17 and 19 years old, were discovered on the Antietam National Battlefield and identified as a New York volunteer, were found in the Cornfield, and were returned to New York for burial with full military honors.

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GEPG TIL in 1969, a musician named Jim Sullivan recorded an album called “U.F.O.“, which featured strange lyrics about leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. Sullivan disappeared six years later without a trace, the only piece of evidence being his abandoned car found on a desert road.
vPKOx TIL there used to be a 4 legged whale with webbed feet that sometimes hunted and killed stuff on land
pYvY8 TIL being bullied is the least common in Korea and Japan amongst OECD countries
X44R TIL the title for the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the Homer Hickam book “Rocket Boys”
nWWaB TIL the last king of Egypt, Faud II, is still alive and ascended to the throne when he was just 192 days old. He was deposed a year later after his father was exiled and Egypt declared a republic.