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TIL 3 of the first 5 US presidents died on July 4th.

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4k4P6 TIL of the Battle of Caribou, in which neither the US nor Canada lost any troops due to combat - but a couple of armed Canadian lumberjacks were injured by bears.
m1l4o TIL the Disney/Pixar film Cars have been accused of plagiarizing the plot of Doc Hollywood which stars Michael J. Fox as a hotshot young doctor who eventually acquires an appreciation for small town values and falls in love with a local law student as result of being sentenced to work at the town.
OoBgX TIL we aren't allowed to excavate the area the Graecopithecus (human's oldest direct ancestor) fossil was found because the owner of the property built a swimming pool on it.
xVgVk TIL that Soap Operas got their name from radio dramas which were sponsored by soap manufacturers.
JYed8 TIL that one of the people convicted during the (thoroughly debunked) Satanic Panic of the 80s, which accused daycare workers of abusing children for Satanic purposes, is still in prison