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TIL There are Black Tacos and I’ve been eating them my whole life (I’m not black).

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R7KA8 TIL the man who eulogized George Washington with the famous quote "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" was Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
GYjm5 TIL that PART OF YOUR WORLD was almost cut from The Little Mermaid. During an early screening, the producer ordered to remove it, saying it was "too boring." The animators begged him to give it a 2nd chance, as the scene was incomplete. So, they finished it up and showed it again, which did well.
YpDKv TIL For a 40 yo woman, the chance that annual mammograms give a false alarm is roughly 50/50 and the chance that the false alarm leads to unnecessary mastectomy is greater than the chance that a curable cancer is treated and prevents death. (1.1 vs. 0.16%).
OG81X TIL the man invented revolving doors in the US did so because he was tired of being chivalrous and holding doors for women
dDDVQ TIL John Tunstall who was portrayed as a older gentleman in the movie Young Guns was only 24 when he died in the Lincoln County War.