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TIL in 1866, the State of Mississippi spent more than half its yearly budget providing Civil War veterans with prosthetics

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9YgBr TIL David Denman, Roy from the Office, went to Juilliard, one of the most prestigious acting schools in the world
bPXN TIL I learned the concept of the weekend is, in most part, owed to Henry Ford. Christian laborers would always request Sunday for a day off and the large Jewish immigrant population always requested Saturdays off as the traditional day of rest.
Yp6Br TIL about Pierre Brassau, a painter, who sold one painting for 742$ at his very first exhibition in 1964, when he was only four years old.
PYNQL TIL the Polish "Spirytus Delikatesowy" is believed to be the strongest liquor for sale in America; it contains almost 100% pure alcohol!
W769 TIL just how historically inaccurate Braveheart actually was. Prince Edward II (by then the king) didn’t marry Isabella of France until 3 years after William Wallace was hung, drawn, and quartered. She was 13 years old.