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TIL that 17 years before Confederate General James Longstreet surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House, he stood as a groomsman in Grant's wedding. At the surrender, they embraced and reminisced about "the days that were so pleasant."

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W64A TIL - On 9/22/1979 there was an unidentified nuclear explosion in the Indian Ocean, and it is known as the Vela Incident
BrvNy TIL that monarchs had people who monitored their bowel movements, and assisted with the action. The position was considered extremely sought after and powerful and was called, "The Groom of The Stool."
jNYGE TIL House Sparrows and other birds have been known to use shopping carts as Trojan Horses to enter stores.
JJQQ TIL After 24 years, scientists had to stop drilling the deepest hole on Earth when at 12.2 km, temperatures exceeded 350F.
aEO9 TIL that in 1976, both Republicans and Democrats signed a Declaration of Interdependence stating that “exploitation of the poor by the rich, and the weak by the strong violates our common humanity” and “resources of the globe are finite, not infinite”