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TIL when Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders made their famous charge up San Juan Heights, they were entirely on foot. The only one riding anything was Roosevelt. They'd left the horses in Florida.

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Z1pR TIL Caltech students snuck into two fairs at MIT for the prospective freshmen and handed out T-shirts that were packaged so that “MIT” was on the front, but on the back were the words “because not everybody can go to Caltech” were hidden until the package was opened
kJGJ7 TIL about "Wake Up!", a Christian rock album by Pope Francis that was released in 2015.
MeEMW TIL That the Paraguayan Department of 'Presidente Hayes' was named after 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.
epO1b TIL The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog was Inspired by the Façade of Notre-Dame Cathedral
D1MJj TIL there is a memorial to the ten men and women killed by the Beltway Snipers in the Washington DC area in 2002. I grew up in Aspen Hill and currently live just a few miles from where several of the victims were killed on October 3rd of that year. I found the memorial totally by accident today