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TIL that the Battle of Jemappes happened today: French army beats Holy Roman Empire

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oZPE TIL in 1967, protesters requested a permit to levitate the Pentagon 300 feet in the air, through songs and chants, to exorcise it of its evil and end the Vietnam War. Authorities agreed to only 3 feet.
6E6Om TIL Martha Mitchell effect is the process by which a psychiatrist labels the patient's accurate perception of real events as delusional and misdiagnoses accordingly.
pYPv8 TIL In 1989, Sherman Hemsley, the actor who played George Jefferson on sitcoms The Jeffersons and All In The Family, was also a jazz keyboardist- and he released a single, "Ain't That a Kick in the Head." This was followed in 1992 by Dance, an album of rhythm and blues music.
W7RA9 TIL That Seahorses Lack A Stomach & Need To Constantly Eat To Stay Living
8aNZZ TIL that John Pemberton created Coca-Cola as a way to wean himself off of morphine, which he became addicted to after taking a saber to the chest during the Battle of Columbus.