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TIL about the "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" narrative --the force behind "heritage" statues all around the US. Pushed for by the "United Daughters of the Confederacy" as pseudo-history to preserve the name of their lost so they won't be historically branded as traitors.

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OoZm1 TIL because of the vastness of the deep ocean, when a male and female anglerfish mate their bodies fuse into one. The male's now useless body parts like eyes and fins wither away. He spends the rest of his life attached to her like a parasite, taking food and providing her with babies.
nWr49 TIL The Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded their album Blood Sugar Sex Magik in the mansion Harry Houdini allegedly once lived in, as the band wanted to record in an unusual setting to enhance their creative output. Drummer Chad Smith was convinced the house was haunted and refused to stay in the house.
XEYBk TIL that almost all the people of Xanthos, an ancient Lycian city in Anatolia, committed mass suicide in two events 500 years apart to avoid capture, first by the Persians and then by the Romans
8XlL TIL If you are bitten by a coral snake you shit out of luck. Production of anti-venom stopped in 2010 because it wasn’t profitable anymore.
Wky1o TIL Mena Suvari has starred in 8 separate films and TV shows that start with the word "American" (American Pie, American Beauty, American Virgin, American Pie 2, American Horror Story, American Reunion, American Woman and American Ninja Warrior).