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TIL of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, who were Sherman's personal escort on his March to the Sea. They were a unit comprised entirely of Southerners who remained loyal to the Union.

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grWRX TIL there are actually three Lunar Roving Vehicles parked on the moon. These were left behind from the final three Apollo missions - 15, 16 and 17 (Aug 1971, Apr 1972 and Dec 1972 respectively). For the last 50 years, I have believed only one LRV was ever taken to the moon.
aVdN TIL That leopard geckos eat their shed skin, so that predators in the wild do not find it and hunt them down.
5YRMk TIL of Guy Gabaldon, who captured over 1500 Japanese single handedly
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.
x65G0 TIL that not all food allergies induce anaphylaxis or produce immediate symptoms - a certain class of allergic reaction called "Non-IgE-mediated food allergy" causes symptoms similar instead to food poisoning, often not for several hours after a meal has been eaten