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TIL Rockapella (of 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?' fame) is still active and touring.

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D1E0Y TIL of William A. Jackson, a former slave who had served Jefferson Davis. He routinely observed communications between Davis and other Confederate officials. When he fled north in 1861, he gave the Union detailed information about Confederate military deployments, supply issues, and planning.
xAN7 TIL launching a nuclear weapon within the City of Chicago is punishable by up to 30 days’ imprisonment and a $1,000 fine [x-post from /r/Chicago]
D186p Today I Learned that propane has no smell. That smell of rotting eggs associated with propane is actually ethanethiol, a “stench gas” used as an additive in odorless combustible gasses to help accidental ingesters to identify it as a danger.
yynv TIL that when Dachau was liberated, the US Army murdered 75 unarmed SS officers, and covered it up until 2001.
EBv0 TIL of Jack the Goat who decided to befriend a newly blinded horse named Charlie. Jack guided Charlie around for 16 years and spared Charlie’s owners from having to put him(Charlie) down.