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TIL In August 1854, armed with pistols, swords and clubs hundreds of mutually antagonistic Chinese miners from the same region — the Pearl River Delta — fought a pitched battle on the outskirts of California town, Weaverville

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Oovg1 TIL: Buckey O'Neill of the "Rough Riders" insisted officers shouldn't duck when shot at. To a concerned fellow soldier he blew cigarette smoke and said, "Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me." The same day, a Spanish bullet fatally struck him through the mouth and out the skull.
wLAv6 TIL new American quarters will have bats.
5V8Mn TIL that Pope Donus II never existed; his name was a result of a medieval scribal error misreading the Latin honorific "domnus" as a proper name. And despite his fictional origin he has been praised for some honourable conduct and even has Images supposedly depicting him.
8aaNa TIL certain medications can potentially cause permanent tinnitus and hearing loss.
epPxE TIL astronomer Johannes Kepler built the legal defense for his mother, when she was accused of witchcraft. The six-year trial resulted in her freedom.