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TIL that in 1806 Andrew Jackson challenged a man to a duel after he made fun of his wife and wrote a letter to a newspaper calling him a "coward". Jackson ended up winning but got shot in the chest, and as a result had a bullet stuck near his heart for the rest of his life.

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oBll7 TIL that Holger the Dane is a fabled Frankish knight, and statue, in the catacombs of Kronborg in Denmark. He will, according to folklore, come to life if Denmark is ever threatened by a foreign invasion. He was first mentioned in the 12th century, and the statue was built in 1907.
dD7ad TIL that a fire whirl, also known as a fire tornado, forms when intense heat and turbulent winds create whirling eddies of air. These vortexes, often visible through smoke, can pull in debris and combustible gases, turning into a fiery whirlwind.
a4L0 TIL a woman once tried to sue Nickelodeon, claiming she couldn’t have sex because Marc Summers threw a pie at her face on Double Dare. The network gave her $25,000 to “go away.“
VMJmQ TIL The ancient Greeks used to bake moon-shaped cakes to offer up to Artemis, goddess of the moon, as tribute. They decorated them with lit candles to make the cakes shine like the moon. Hence, the reason we light our birthday cakes on fire.
VBJgG TIL that in 2014 a teen actor portraying a zombie in a cornfield was accidently run over by a truck and killed but many of the patrons 'shooting' zombies from the truck thought it was just part of the ride