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TIL Al Pacino's nickname is Cap.

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R5jWl TIL of John "The Mad Russian" Turchin whose dishonorable discharge was changed to promotion to general after his wife spoke with President Lincoln and Secretary of War. A paper stated "in the lottery matrimonial Col. Turchin had the good fortune to draft an invaluable prize."
k5O1 TIL that the US Postal Service is eliminating mailboxes in new communities. All new communities must have central mailbox clusters like apartments have.
NW9b TIL “Fire responds strongly to electric fields and is even pretty conductive”
woXYP TIL In 2009, a Maine man was accused of repeatedly climbing into campground outhouse pits to peer at victims from below.
R7wo4 TIL of Jeff Erlanger (1970-2007), who was a quadriplegic child who appeared on an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1981. Almost 20 years later, when Rogers was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999, Erlanger was a surprise guest to introduce him.