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TIL Confederate General Joseph Shelby refused to surrender after the Civil War and crossed into Mexico with his men

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Y7MLr TIL that former Kenya first lady Lucy Kibaki once forced her husband to call a press conference, solely to declare that he only had one wife, Lucy.
9wMnG TIL Cats can be allergic to humans
vox8 TIL Physicists were able to cool atomic gas below absolute zero at which point it displayed dark-energy like properties and seemingly defied gravity
N7dZN TIL Tesla and Newton both were celibate and died as virgins. Einstein slept for 10 hours a day.
kOrlB TIL that in 2006, King of the Hill was awarded by Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) for their positive portrayal of Asian Americans