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TIL when a drunk zebrafish is introduced to a group of sober ones, the sober fish will follow the drunk individual as their leader

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VBdvp TIL Rob Riggle, comedy actor known for roles such as 21 Jump Street, was a Marine reservist who was activated to be part of the first search and rescue crews at Ground Zero immediately after the attack on 9/11.
78Bvb TIL of Mary Somerville, a Scottish writer, polymath and the world's first ever scientist, the person for whom the word 'scientist' was invented. She studied mathematics and astronomy, and was admitted as one of the first female members of the Royal Astronomical Society
4XQAN TIL in 1987, a concentration camp survivor was asked to identify an accused Nazi guard in court. He asked him to remove his glasses and approached him closely. When he made eye contact, the survivor recoiled and shouted "Grozny!" meaning "Terrible" in Polish, recognizing his "murderous eyes."
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pQJG TIL that after Union cemeteries were filled, general Robert E. Lee’s own former property in Virginia was chosen to bury Civil War casualties, a partly vindictive move ensuring that no one could ever live there again. The property eventually became Arlington National Cemetery.