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TIL Mississippi did not complete ratification and certification of the 13th amendment (outlawing slavery) until 1995 and 2013

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e05XL TIL Robert Maxwell, father of Ghislaine Maxwell, was the inspiration for the Bond Villain in Tomorrow Never Dies. At the end of the film M orders a cover-up story paralleling Maxwell's real death, “Falling overboard on his yacht."
XR9E TIL that science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein and his wife claim that Scientology is the result of a bar bet between Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard.
9YPe6 TIL that when Laurence Fishburne who played Morpheus in the Matrix Trilogy used to get regularly approached by fans asking if he was really "Morpheus" he would respond with "You think that's air? you're breathing now"
BrR1b TIL when Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S Grant, both men were so respectful and courteous that it became known as "The Gentlemen's Agreement". The two reminisced about their shared experience in the Mexican war for 25 minutes before even discussing the surrender terms.
WkNOB TIL Wagner-Jauregg (1927) managed to cure syphilis by infecting the patient with malaria. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine.