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TIL that Martha Washington named her horny tomcat after Alexander Hamilton to make fun of him for being such a flirt.

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P1OVe Today I learned about the rescue of Bat 21 Bravo, the "largest, longest, and most complex search-and-rescue" operation during the Vietnam War.
b9enZ TIL that the practice of binding babies' heads (known as artificial cranial deformation) was predominant in France as late as the 20th century.
Zp4vQ TIL the Olympic Village where athletes stayed for the 1980 games was a prison. Funding to build the accommodations would only approved if it could be used for something else after the games concluded. It became a federal correctional institute.
XEEgP The answer isn't so simple.
LknjZ TIL - About the “Mandela Effect” where a large group of people believe an event occurred when it did not. (IE the quote isn’t “Luke, I am your father”, just “No, I am Your Father”)