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D0gv TIL when Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that his son rests with his brave and devoted soldiers.
reaw TIL Jay Jackson (Perd Hapley from Parks and Rec) was an award winning newscaster in real life before getting into acting where he would mainly play… a newscaster/reporter.
8aVLZ TIL of the death of Don Henry and Keven Ives, who were hit by a train as they lay on the tracks. The deaths were initially ruled an accident as a result of the boys sleeping on the tracks due to marijuana intoxication. The cause of death was changed to "definite homicide" after a second autopsy.
1aDeW TIL Bananas can not reproduce. They have no seeds and are entirely reliant on the farmer to cultivate them.
DDwj TIL that the pinball game in Windows XP was developed by Maxis, the same company that created the SimCity and Sims series