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TIL George Carlin is the Only Comedian in U.S. History to Have A Supreme Court Case Heard About One of His Routines

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Y76yP TIL in 1642, the birth of a "monstrous" one-eyed pig led the townspeople of New Haven, Connecticut to believe a local one-eyed man was the biological father. He was found guilty of bestiality and swiftly executed.
oRprW TIL After Colonel Shaw was killed, Confederates buried him in a mass grave to insult his leadership of Black soldiers. When Union troops tried to recover his body, his father wrote, "We would not have his body removed from where it rests with his brave soldiers."
e0bNE TIL Teddy Roosevelt once had his boat stolen by three armed thieves. With the help of two friends he built a new boat and personally tracked down and captured the thieves.
16avO TIL powdered corn cob is highly absorbent, which has given it applications to treat oil spills in water bodies, and as an environmentally friendly rodenticide, killing rats by dehydrating them.
Z80aa TIL about Italian scientist Francesco Redi who, in 1668, proved that maggots come from the eggs of flies. At the time, prevailing wisdom was that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat.