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TIL that the wounds of some Civil War soldiers glowed at night, supposedly gifting them with strange recuperative powers. It was known as “Angel’s Glow”.

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16nKD TIL Former U.S. Army sergeant who worked in military intelligence and carried a top secret security clearance was arrested , charged while trying to pass information to China
v1lLB TIL John Mercer Langston became the first African American lawyer in the United States when he passed the bar in 1854. He’s also the great-uncle of famed Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
X0X1k TIL that teeth grinding in kids can be tied to them having intenstinal worms.
LEEv TIL Kim Jong-Un became Kim Jong-Il’s heir after his oldest son (Kim Jong-Nam) tried to sneak into Japan so he could go to Disneyland
yVNAa TIL male turkeys are more likely to attempt mating with a taxidermied female turkey head missing its body than a taxidermied female turkey body missing its head