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TIL of Carlos Hathcock, an American sniper with the only confirmed kill of shooting an enemy sniper through his own rifle scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.

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gMK44 TIL In 2013, the state of Mississippi officially ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Until that time, the state had not submitted the required documents for it to officially complete the ratification process.
Me7Om TIL the Oxford English Dictionary contains over 170,000 words in current use, whereas a vocabulary of just 3000 words provides coverage for around 95% of common texts. If you do the math, that's 1.75% of the total number of words in use.
b9R59 TIL that cats lack the ability to taste sweet things, as they're missing the gene for a sweet taste receptor.
aw5Wy TIL The Apollo 15 mission left behind a small aluminum statuette called Fallen Astronaut, along with a plaque bearing the names of 14 known American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts who had died in the furtherance of space exploration.
eNwg TIL Jesus’ foreskin is called the “Holy Prepuce” and several European churches have claimed to be in possession of it and that it has miraculous powers