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TIL that the moon rises at different times depending on what phase it's in

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R7jAj TIL John Wilkes Booth was surprised to find little public sympathy after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Formerly anti-Lincoln newspapers condemned the act and while some Southerns were happy Lincoln was dead others feared it would spur retribution upon the already defeated Confederate states.
rRBey TIL that the band Weezer got its name because frontman Rivers Cuomo had the nickname due to his asthma, and the band thought it would make a great name when they formed in 1992.
m1Yxy TIL in 1996, surveyor Mike Tate got a side street in NC renamed for the band Anthrax. After the 2001 Anthrax attacks, town residents were suddenly uncomfortable with the name and petitioned to have it changed.
JYJj4 TIL that a 16th century Christian mystic/magician claimed to have come in contact with angels who shared with him the language spoken in the Garden of Eden. It has been called "Enochian" because Enoch was supposedly the last person to speak it, and it's used to cast spells in Enochian Magic.
yDma TIL the collective noun for a Groundhog is a “repetition”. As in “a repetition of groundhogs”.