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0gxj TIL: In the ‘30s the Smithsonian recorded Confederate Civil War veterans reenacting the the rebel yell battle cry. This is the only recording of actual veterans doing the yell.
yNgl TIL in 1913 researchers kept dogs awake for several days, extracted spinal fluid, then injected this into other dogs which immediately put them to sleep
Wk40N TIL There is lava on Mars.
Onp1 TIL Thomas Jefferson tried to end slavery permanently before Lincoln was even born
ONx7 TIL In 1961, a little girl wrote a letter to JFK asking if Santa Claus was okay during the Soviet’s nuclear testing at the North Pole. Kennedy wrote back to her saying that he spoke with Santa and that he’s okay.