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TIL Buzz Lightyear was originally named Lunar Larry

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Egb4X TIL In 1805 British Naval Officer Robert Pigot captured a French pirate vessel and sailed it up the St. Mary’s River between Georgia and Spanish Florida. He engaged Spanish pirates, recovered two British ships and took the Spanish vessel, all while U.S. spectators watched from the riverbank.
DQ79r TIL about a horse named Muhamed who could mentally extract cube roots, read, and was killed after being drafted into WWI
epaZk TIL that Mae West did a cover of the Beatles song 'Day Tripper'
OokQg TIL that Aaron Sorkin would take 6-8 showers a day and putting on new clothes after each shower, to 'get a fresh start' when writing didn't go to well.
LQMPv TIL Tobacco smoke enemas were once used to revive drowning victims