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TIL Crimean Gothic only died out in the 18th century.

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Z14G TIL: That Mary Pinchot Meyer (JFK’s mistress) was murdered 3 weeks after the Warren Commission Report was released. An unsolved murder that has prompted and investigation into the CIA involvement.
8aDeV TIL that more than 380,000 African American soldiers served in the Army during WWI. THE U.S. Army wasn’t comfortable with the idea of training black men for combat, so they were assigned to train under/fight along side the French
ZDPG TIL most train horns are based on musical chords. Common passenger trains found in the U.S. are usually based on maj6th chords, which are not as threatening as most freight trains, which are based on more dissonant, frightening , such as diminished 7th chords
dDkwQ TIL that autocomplete for keyboards was first developed in the 1950s for Chinese typewriters, which required users to navigate through thousands of logographic characters, thus helping people type faster without the need to search for each character.
dDoB TIL that an army of feral cats roam Disneyland every night to keep the mice population in check.