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TIL Davy Crockett left Congress and the U.S. after vehemently opposing Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act.

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16xmd TIL of the Zizhi Tongjian (completed in 1084 AD), a 294-volume chronicle of Chinese history, covering nearly 1,400 years (403 BC to 959 AD). It took 19 years to compile, and is considered one of the most ambitious works of history ever created.
e0oXE TIL that a urinary tract infection can make you go insane.
m1jPP TIL John Patrick Hannan escaped from prison in 1955 by scaling the walls with knotted sheets just 30 days into a 21-month sentence for car theft and assaulting two officers. As of 2023, he had proceeded to evade capture and holds the world record for longest escape from custody.
9YQKB TIL that Homeopathy 'treatments' in the US must be labelled to say they do not work
loAxV TIL: According to Dan Aykroyd 80 percent of the dialogue of Ghostbusters was improv. "The rest was just structure and exposition."