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TIL that during the War of 1812, Native Americans ate the heart of one of the US captains who was Indian born, and regarded as courageous but a traitor.

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78GwL TIL of Euthyphro dilemma, found in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, in which Socrates asks Euthyphro, "Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" "The gods" refer to the Greek pantheon.
AOXa TIL There are structures off a Japanese island that may have been made by man, but no one knows by whom or when
X61k TIL Houdini debunked psychics, a practice that made an enemy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
b6ZGN TIL that the invention of bicycles was fundamental to the early women's liberation movement. Bicycles promised freedom to women long accustomed to relying on men for transportation. It was also the main reason corsets and long skirts fell out of fashion in the early 20th century.
XEYGj TIL about the Gimli Glider, an Air Canada Boeing 767 plane that ran out of fuel and was safely landed on an abandoned airstrip.