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TIL Robert E. Lee had diarrhea at the Battle of Gettysburg and many believe that may have contributed to some of his poor decisions

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jNKQN TIL Bacteria in your gut help mold your brain as an infant altering brain development and neuroplasticity. The bacteria also influence brain activity and behavior in the human brain as an adult.
70jL TIL that the General Mining Act of 1872, which allowed those who discovered mineral deposits on federally owned land to work the claim and keep all the proceeds (with a $5/acre fee), is still in force today.
lpxa TIL the speech Eisenhower would have given if D-day had failed is only 66-words long.
7r16M TIL that the Australian island state of Tasmania has an 85-metre land border with Victoria due to a surveying error
wpjJ TIL that a 2 month-old baby boy named Ernest was raffled off at the 1909 World’s Fair in Seattle. No one claimed him with the winning ticket, and it’s unclear what happened to him.