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TIL For over 50 years, you could play tic-tac-toe against live chickens in NYC, and they seldom, if ever, lost

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Rmea TIL that during the first battle of the American Civil War, hundreds of civilians from Washington DC brought picnic baskets and came to watch the battle, sure the Union would easily win. The Union lost, and the civilians were caught in the retreat of the Northern army.
OGkGL TIL men are judged more harshly for their body count than women
R967 TIL Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli, signed by John Adams, contains the line “The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion”
7WOP TIL that after leaving office, Lyndon Johnson’s Oval Office desk was taken to his museum, and once in a while, he would sit at the desk to “surprise unsuspecting museum visitors.”
VBVLB TIL in some countries on different continents, it has rained snakes, frogs, toads, jellyfish, worms, octopi, shellfish, and starfish throughout history