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TIL that after he died wild west outlaw Elmer Mccurdy's body ended being used as a side show attraction including a carnival mummy before being finally laid to rest in 1978

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x6XOB TIL about Jane Wallis Burrell, the first CIA agent to die in service of the agency. She died on a runway in France in 1948 just 110 days after the Agency’s creation. She does not have a star on the memorial wall, as she did not qualify as the plane was commercially flown.
x4k7 TIL the Romans used to drive on the left side of the road: we know this because the left side of the road to Swindon Quarry has deeper tracks leading out
XWNE TIL that in 1772, Alexander Hamilton survived a hurricane in the Caribbean and wrote a letter about his ordeal. His vivid descriptions moved people to start a fund to move him to New York to get an education. He went on to become a Founding Father and greatly shaped our early nation.
XEg9j TIL the word “you” used be only (the 2nd person) plural (“thou” was singular), then it changed to only singular, and today it’s both singular and plural
neM1d TIL NFL players pee "all over the sideline in every game, into cups, on the ground, in towels, behind the bench, in their pants, everywhere"