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TIL that the painter James McNeil Whistler was expelled from West Point by Robert E Lee

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R9vQ TIL a woman spent 12 years in a Kansas mental institution against her will after being diagnosed as a schizophrenic because they assumed she was mentally ill and speaking gibberish. She was really Tarahumara Indian from Mexico who spoke a rare dialect.
OG9E7 TIL that Jason Segel, known for his roles in How I Met Your Mother, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You, Man, and other films, wore a Superman cape underneath his clothing until he was 13. He did so, he has said, "just in case there was trouble."
eXWD TIL Hawaiian Airlines lets you travel with a 10lbs box of Pineapples or Papaya for free on any flight leaving Hawaii.
61rY TIL the term “3 dog night” refers to a night so cold you needed to sleep with 3 dogs in your bed to keep warm
Y76LA TIL: Self replicating probes or spacecraft, also called Von Neumann probes was a concept theorized by the mathematician. He argued that this is the most efficient method of space exploration/mining as they can adapt. The concept has been used in various media such as Mass Effect, Star Trek, etc.