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8e1AZ TIL That Not Everyone In the South Supported the Confederate Cause. Newton Knight Was a Confederate Soldier Who Deserted and With 100s, Including Freed Slaves, Revolted Against the CSA Military and Established a Free State in Jones County, MS
b6vDE TIL that the WSF-M weather satellite (newest of the weather satellites) is made by the Ball corporation. That would be the same Ball that also produces the canning jars.
rrrx TIL that “Blood Avocados” are a thing. And that buying Avocados from Mexico likely funds the extremely violent Cartels
Lkm0P TIL that during the filming of 'Where Eagles Dare' actor Richard Burton was drinking up to four bottles of vodka a day, and ending up knocking himself out at one point while drunk. as well as disappearing for several days during one of his drinking binges
8aMbV TIL The highest point from the Earth's center is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, due to the Earth not being a perfect sphere