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WKeX TIL Alexander Hamilton and James Madison both claimed to have written numbers 49-58 and 62-63 of the Federalist Papers. In 1964, a computer analysis of the text revealed that Madison was indeed the author of all 12 of those essays, despite Hamilton’s claim to the contrary.
nWna7 TIL Of Xenophon, who was described as the greatest general that preceded Alexander the Great. Xenophon was the father of retreating and successfully led his 10,000 men out of Persia following betrayal and constant attacks by the Persians.
mx11M TIL that one the reasons that cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat, wear white gloves is because they're based off of black faced minstrel shows that were popular in the 1920's and 30's.
x9v7 TIL that there is almost no correlation between cell phone connection quality and “bars” of service.
VKZ4 TIL that the nose in this face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), is the clicking noise in African languages.