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TIL J.S. Bach was attacked by one of his students because he said the student played the bassoon like a goat

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wgVJ TIL in 1861, slave Robert Smalls stole a confederate ship and took it to the Union. He was given command of a Union ship, became a general then purchased his owner’s house and let the sick wife of his owner live there until she died. He became literate and then served 5 years in Congress.
8p7P TIL that German Uniforms in WW1 were made from 85% stinging nettle
0wDnN TIL glass sponges are thought by many to have the longest life span of any animal on Earth, growing up to 15,000 years old.
Rkol TIL an egg yolk is a single cell
eE46 TIL that the Hubble Space Telescope has collected more than 100 TB of data and generates 844 GB per month.