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TIL: When Sherman published his memoirs during Grant’s Presidency. Many thought that Sherman treated Grant unfairly, however Grant defended the book, saying "when I finished the book, I found I approved every word;that…it was a true book, an honorable book…just as I expected Sherman would write”

ADVZ4 TIL that instead of Santa, Catalonia has Tio de Nadal the shitting Christmas log. Traditionally, a family brings a log inside and the children “feed” it before Christmas. Then on Christmas Day they literally beat the shit out it, because if they fed it well enough it will shit out presents.
VMAVk TIL Of all the biting and stinging creatures in Australia, bees and wasps are responsible for more hospital admissions then any others, and caused as many deaths as snakes. Horses killed more than all other venemous creatures combined.
ANWOl TIL Carmel By The Sea, California prohibits wearing high heels over two inches in height and less than one square inch of bearing surface without first getting a permit from City Hall.
AQan TIL Secret Service agents lived in Chelsea Clinton’s dorm, and posed as students, while she was an undergrad at Stanford
Meop8 TIL about the Chloe Cooley incident, in which a young black woman was seen being forced into a boat to be sold in 1793. This incident was observed by several witnesses, who then petitioned the Executive Council of Upper Canada, which eventually led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery, 1793.