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TIL that the first American civil war reenactors were actually veterans of the war.

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BgOBy TIL the Apollo program is the largest ever research & development project to be executed during peacetime. It cost $25.4 billion (roughly $257 billion adjusted for inflation). At its peak, it accounted for over half of NASA'a total spending in the 1960s and employed over 400K people across the US.
G5Kj TIL in 1921, a Catholic priest was murdered by a Klansman for performing an interracial marriage.
MekoW TIL the Founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, successfully evaded arrest for attempted murder by raising an army of 5,000 men after illegally declaring martial law, only to be convinced to return by supporters and subsequently murdered by a mob.
emP5 TIL Johnny Knoxville recently discovered that he is the product of “Significant inbreeding”.
YX8W TIL that the Dalai Lama supports gay rights, and once said, “If two males or two females voluntarily agree to have mutual satisfaction without further implication of harming others, then it is okay.”