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TIL that Supreme Court Justice John Harlan and Supreme Court Justice Horace Lurton were in a Civil War gun battle on opposite sides and found out they tried to kill each other in that battle, during one of their dinners together.

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b5YE TIL Alexander the Great once organized an Olympic Games to honor a dead religious leader. However, since the Indians weren’t familiar with Greek sport, he opted for a wine-drinking contest instead. 41 contestants died and the winner lived for just four days after his victory.
neJ0P TIL that Notre Dame has about 180,000 bees living on its rooftop and they all survived the 2019 fire.
LrXp TIL the documents pertaining to Martin Luther King’s assassination is only slated to be released by the US government in 2027
5Xd9 TIL: In 1977 we received a radio signal from space that lasted 72 seconds. To this day, we still don’t know where it came from
me8P TIL In 1992, a man in Texas was sent to death row for murdering his kids by arson. He was executed by lethal injection in 2004. In 2009, through advances in technology, it was found that the fire was likely accidental. According to an expert, “There was no item of evidence that indicated arson.”