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TIL the second tallest monument in Arlington National Cemetery is a 32' tall bronze sculpture to Confederacy titled "New South" by the sculptor, and the Daughters of the Confederacy hold Confederate memorial day ceremonies there to this day.

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DQxED TIL of Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and congressman during the Civil War. The Union deported him for supporting the Confederacy. After the war, he died by accidentally shooting himself during a murder trial while trying to show the murder weapon could have misfired. His client got off as a result
yVQK8 TIL there's a restaurant in Amsterdam called Ctaste where patrons dine in the dark and all the wait staff are blind.
5rb8 TIL the Navajo extras in a 1964 classic John Ford western said crazy and ribald things on film in serious scenes because no one on set knew their language, including comments on other characters’ penis size and more.
GAveJ TIL that British military jets were used to bomb a stricken oil tanker in 1967 to burn the oil before it came to shore
VBKOm TIL that Brian Peck, a former dialogue coach and convicted sex offender, was pen pals with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. When Gacy was on death row, he sent Peck an autographed painting of a clown, which Peck framed in his house.