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TIL The Bloodiest Single Day in the US History was the Battle of Antietam in the Civil War

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EkYo TIL Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” reached only #41 on the U.S. pop chart, and was not even released as a single in the UK because it “lacked a strong hook”
oQWR TIL that before he ever wrote a feature film, Mel Brooks made an animated short where he improvised the voice of an old Jewish man forced to sit through an art house film. That short was called The Critic and it won him an Oscar.
woOeM TIL of the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals: an organization aimed at clothing “indecent” naked animals that lasted from 1959-1962 and had over 50,000 members. SINA ended when the founder was exposed as Alan Abel, notorious prankster, who wanted to parody the conservative moralist of the time
yoPM TIL That the US Department of Defense employs 1% of all Americans and is the world’s largest single employer
QPpE TIL there were once $100,000 notes in circulation that are still considered legal tender today