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TIL Robert E. Lee was opposed to the construction of Civil War monuments

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MDB TIL that there is a German word for the sound which occurs when you’re rummaging for the right LEGO piece: Gruschteling
6EKR8 TIL the Peloponnesian war was ended by a peace treaty signed in 1996
WkXeX TIL Microfilm, a way to store documents by photographing them and reducing the size of the photograph up to 99% of the original. Is surprisingly robust, being difficult to destroy and can apparently last up to 900 years.
9EKM TIL in 2012 an 11 year old boy ran away from his mother while shopping close to Manchester Airport. He then boarded a flight to Rome, bypassing security without a passport or boarding card and then into a seat by tagging behind another family. He was on his way to Italy before the crew realised.
4lKo TIL a single mother who won a $188M Powerball jackpot last year pledged to spend her money on her children and her church, but has instead tied up over $21M keeping her (alleged) drug dealer boyfriend, Lamarr “Hot Sauce” McDow, out of jail on drug, weapon and street racing charges