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TIL A “Buttload” is an actual unit of measurement of volume - Equal to 126 gallons.

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LLwm TIL the BTK Killer sent a letter to the police asking if his writings could be traced to him if they were put on a floppy disk. The police answered that they wouldn’t be able to trace it. He later sent a floppy disk to Fox Tv, who gave it to the police and had it traced to him.
GvjG TIL Johnny Weissmuller, famous actor for playing Tarzan, was in Cuba during the Revolution. While playing a round of golf he was surrounded by rebels. He let out his trademark yell. Recognizing it, the rebels led him to safety.
woeYM TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was the first U.S. presidential candidate to be assassinated
awR59 TIL that during the American Civil War, several divisions of the confederate army had a large snowball fight. It started when a couple of hundred men from Texas plotted a friendly fight with men from Arkansas, which spiralled into a brawl involving 9,000 soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia.
kmpW TIL that Daryl Davis, a black musician, was able to interview and even befriend many Ku Klux Klan members, and was able to get some of them to leave the Klan.