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TIL the "S." in US Civil War General and President Ulysses S. Grant doesn't stand for anything and was a result of a filing error on his application to the United States Military Academy at West Point.

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VBVmk TIL that at age 8, Cynthia Ann Parker was captured by the Comanche tribe and adopted into their way of life, ultimately having 3 children with a chief, before being recaptured at age 33. She never fully reassimilated, having escaped once before being returned again.
47QR TIL if Finding Nemo had been biologically accurate, Nemo’s dad would’ve switched sexes after Nemo’s mom died and mated with his son.
RmBQ TIL The ring-tab beer can design was discontinued in 1975, after injuries were caused by people swallowing the metal tabs, and are now officially historic artifacts.
G4Gj TIL that a post WWII tank that was used in a nuclear test (and was still drivable, they just had to refill the fuel tank) stayed in service for 23 years afterwards and saw combat
lolVV TIL that because Beethoven was so respected, but also irritable, the Archduke Rudolph decreed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to him.