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TIL about Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Island and a buried tomb that rests there.

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kOA6d TIL Robert E Lee was depressed during and after the civil war. After Gettysburg he walked around telling his soldiers "It's all my fault" and before his surrender he was observed to be deeply saddened, wandering aimlessly by himself, carrying a piece of chicken for which he could find no hunger
KOX49 TIL of Captain EO: A collaboration between Michael Jackson, George Lucas and Frances Ford Coppola made specifically to be shown at Disney parks in 1986, and is also considered one of the first 4D films.
rAW TIL that hippos secrete their own sunscreen
jxlp TIL that in 1946, the electric chair failed to kill Willie Francis, who subsequently filed suit claiming that he had been executed even though he did not die, and should be a free man based on ‘double jeopardy’ laws in the 5th amendment
5wZD TIL he world record for longest, most accurate shot with a bow is made by an armless man, hitting the target 230 yards away.