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TIL about Saint Patrick’s Battalion, a unit of Irish-American immigrants who fought for the Mexican Army in the the Mexican-American War

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X0wWk TIL of Josephoartigasia monesi, the largest rodent ever found. It lived 4 to 2 million years ago.
mWWo TIL Henry Ford received letters from both Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) and John Dillinger thanking him for building the V-8 because of how much it helped them get away from the crimes they committed.
5RQP TIL of Dewey Bozella, a Boston native who was imprisoned for 26 years for a murder he did not commit. In those 26 years, 2 felons put the murder on him, was denied parole several times, the evidence against him was destroyed by police, and evidence proving his innocence was never brought to trial.
wEvP TIL that in 1956 soviet scientists proposed building a 55 mile dam spanning the Bering Strait with the intention of transforming the climate of North Asia, America, and northeastern Europe.
wAVP TIL that Washington DC contributes more in federal taxes than 19 states, yet citizens only have one nonvoting representative in the House, none in Senate, and had no electoral votes until 1961. Some say it is “Taxation without Representation” and the UN has cited the US on the issue since 2006.