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TIL the owner of Appommatox house fled there after First Manassas in order to escape the ravages of war...only to have the war end there thus being at the start and the end of the US Civil War.

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VBmeZ TIL during the Japanese wars of unification in the 16th century, while besieging an enemy castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi purchased all the available rice in the province at several times the market price to aid in the process of breaking the resolve of the garrison. The siege only lasted 200 days.
LNEv TIL that since 1997, a team of 50 people has been building a castle in France using 13th century construction methods.
4kEV5 TIL: When you say "Yes" in Bulgaria you shake your head, and when you say "No" you nod.
XEY98 TIL "Raisin-BRAN" lost it's trademark in 1944 when a court ruled the name was too generic for trademark protection. Skinner Manufacturing Company introduced Raisin-BRAN in 1925 and enjoyed monopoly until 1942 when Post and Kellogg introduced competing products with the same name
1R5r TIL the Sex Pistols only released one studio album, but released four live albums, and six compilation albums over the course of thirty years.