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TIL in a last ditch effort for the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War, Jefferson Davis secretly sent his chief diplomat to England and France, saying the Confederacy would abolish slavery in order to achieve international recognition

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D1Q5e A lion’s mane will change color in accordance with its nutrition level and overall well-being; a male lion with a darker mane tends to be healthier and have higher testosterone levels. As a result, lionesses find lions with darker manes more attractive.
MeD8b TIL: The words "senile" and "senator" are based on the same Latin root word meaning "old man"
6EQaW TIL 7 UP Once Contained a Prescription Mood Stabilizer that Treats Bipolar Disorders
neNEG TIL "pre-Viking" Europeans may have started settlements in Canada before 1000AD
9W6 TIL that it is possible to donate spare processing power on your computer to help the CERN’s LHC process data.