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TIL that having sisters makes men more likely to be conservative.

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4wrX TIL that today in Confederate Park, Fort Mill SC, there is a monument to “faithful slaves” that fought for the “principles of our Confederate States of America.”
QZd TIL that Hunter S. Thompson’s suicide note was titled “Football Season Is Over”. He further wrote: “No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring.”!
BP5e TIL the most decorated American WWI veteran from Texas was an undocumented Mexican immigrant named Marcelino Serna. He was also the first Hispanic to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
W76Z9 TIL of the shortest-lived peerage in British history; painter Francis Leighton died with no heirs just one day after being named the 1st Baron Leighton, extinguishing the title.
Jbgj TIL There is a plant that mimics the anus of a dead animal, in order to attract flies for pollination.