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TIL the early Republican party had a paramilitary organization called "Wide Awakes" who marched for the election of Abe Lincoln, protect Republican party meetings, and equal rights between blacks and whites.

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VBkl0 TIL That Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones, Dr. Seuss, P.D. Eastman, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and other animation giants collaborated on a cartoon for the Army called Private Snafu.
oaL TIL 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency. Test yourself!
N7yEM TIL despite the huge size of whales, their pupils are only about 50% larger than those of humans. However, this still means they can hypothetically see stars about one magnitude fainter than we can, revealing 2.5 times more stars. Giant deep-sea squids have pupils some 10 times wider than whales.
ep5gg TIL of Greek athlete Theagenes. A rival athlete beat Theagene's statue. The statue fell on the rival and killed him, was tried, convicted of murder, and exiled by being thrown into the sea. The land became barren and the Oracle of Delphi said it would remain so until the statue was restored
gaAW TIL A world famous violinist played in a D.C. subway on a $3.5 million violin, just days after performing in Boston’s Symphony Hall. He played pieces only a handful of people in the world can play. After 43 minutes of playing he made $32.17 and some even threw pennies.