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TIL that "professional regurgitation" is actually a thing

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OGgYX TIL that 160 years ago Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and many more members of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment were killed during the American Civil War, in an attack on confederate stronghold Fort Wagner. They were one of the first African American regiments in the war.
ZB4 TIL Despite having helped win WWII by cracking the German Enigma code, and being the father modern computers, the British government still refuses to posthumously pardon Alan Turing for convictions relating to his homosexuality.
oRRBL TIL 85% of fights end up on the ground
R74A4 TIL about Thad Roberts, a NASA intern who stole millions of dollars worth of moon rocks with his girlfriend, had sex with her on top of the moon rocks, tried to sell the rocks, and ended up in prison.
aaYL TIL of Dapper Dan, a Harlem man who was chief tailor to a number of New York rappers, athletes, and dealers in the 80s. His apparel was often covered in bootleg Gucci, Fendi, or Louis Vuitton logos. Mike Tyson, one of his customers, later had a fight which indirectly led to Dan’s boutique closing.