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TIL Epona was one of the only Celtic goddesses to be worshiped all around the Roman Empire (and not just the name of Link's horse)

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XEJQQ TIL That when the famous pirate Henry Morgan died, an amnesty was declared so pirates and privateers could come and pay their respects without fear of arrest. He was also given a state funeral in Port Royal, and buried with a 22-gun salute.
4X5rR TIL Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, ran and won his campaign from prison. Once elected president, he released himself.
e0pN6 Today I learned of Sergeant Reckless, a War Horse who served during the Korean War and was responsible for resupplying multiple frontline units 51 times in a single day in 1953.
LkaYd TIL Daniel Radcliffe published a bunch of poems in an underground fashion magazine under the pen name Jacob Gershon.
d89m7 TIL George Washington was a Master Mason