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TIL that many Native Americans fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War

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4XP4g TIL about Earth’s oldest known natural Nuclear Reactor, located in Oklo, Gabon. It's around two-billion years old, and was thought to have been active for several thousand years. Its average power output was 100 kilowatts, enough to run a few dozen toasters.
6EYxY TIL that "Dutch courage" is a term for courage gained from intoxication by alcohol. The term dates back to English soldiers fighting in the Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1674) who drank gin before battles to calm their nerves.
P1pyg TIL: “Horizontal refreshment” was 19th century slang for sex.
loe4G TIL that ZZ Top is the longest-running group with an unchanged line-up in the entire history of popular music
9WZD TIL there are only 5 people still alive who were born in the 19th Century