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TIL That more than 85% of eligible black men in the North, voluntarily enlisted in the Union Army during the US Civil War.

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QJM9a TIL that Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, two wealthy extremely entrepreneurs, sent each other gag Christmas gifts. Rockefeller sent Carnegie a cardboard vest to make fun of his poor childhood. In return Carnegie sent a fine whiskey to Rockefeller, a devout baptist who had given up drinking.
5Yvr9 TIL CIA Document Reported Adolf Hitler Survived World War II
neVlP TIL about Luke "Milky" Moore. He abused a bank error to overdraft $1.5million and spent it on cars, drugs, and sex before he was caught and sent to jail. He successfully argued his own case and was released without having to pay any of it back.
9wMnB TIL that one cubic centimeter of the human body has a higher energy output then one cubic centimeter of the sun.
1WxW TIL that there is a cave in Turkey that was believed to be the “Gates of Hell”. It was given the name because the cave contains toxic gases that, if inhaled could kill you in an “instant”.