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TIL Jack Daniels’ lawyers write polite, friendly letters to copyright infringers

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YpZ57 TIL After Col. Shaw died in battle, Confederates buried him in a mass grave as an insult for leading black soldiers. Union troops tried to recover his body, but his father sent a letter saying "We would not have his body removed from where it lies surrounded by his brave and devoted soldiers."
Vxxp TIL during Rolling Stones concerts, Keith Richards would help build elebarate speaker systems on stage, so he would have a secret place to snort pharmaceutical cocaine…“one bump, one song”
DjdY TIL a Romanian-born Israeli and American scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and a Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, held the door of his classroom during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door saving 22 of his 23 students.
BrbDb TIL: In New Hampshire from July 9, 1832, to August 5, 1835., a place called Indian Stream formally declared itself a nation, independent of the State of New Hampshire.
a81Wb TIL the world’s oldest country is San Marino. This small country covering just 62 square kilometres was founded in 301 AD.