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TIL John wilkes booths body was sewn into an army blanket and placed on a tugboat for transport to the Washington Navy Yard about 80 miles north.

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a1LL TIL of Cribbing, It involves the horse grabbing a solid object with its incisors, then arching its neck, pulling against the object, and sucking in air. This releases endorphins in the horse’s brain getting it high. It is also very addictive.
9YYXB Short answer: Sadly, yes
Zbp4 TIL a Human Nutrition professor ate mainly Hostess snack cakes for two months to prove That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most – not the nutritional value of the food.
NXMxb TIL that there is a bird called Potoo which has slightly goofy-come-creepy looks that makes them prone to being used on memes. And they are known for their incredible camouflage skills!
8ZR8 TIL Of a mechanism from Ancient Greece, similar to an analogue computer, where you could input data and it would give you the planets and stars positions, and could foresee eclipses and moon phases.