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TIL we have a photograph of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War

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woJPW TIL about an island that formed in a volcanic eruption in 1963 and is now used as a study site for how nature colonizes newly formed environments
e0Abg TIL that a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia got medals for spying from both Nazi Germany and the British Empire. He ran a fake spy network in London for Germany and recruited 27 fictitious agents all on German dime to provided them with fake intelligence during WW2.
RVM8 TIL In 1906 the Bronx Zoo, NYC put an African Man on display in the Monkey house…
754X TIL a “blue discharge” was a form of administrative military discharge issued by the U.S. from 1916-1947. Neither honorable nor dishonorable, the blue discharge became the discharge of choice for commanders seeking to remove homosexual service members from the ranks.
4gG6 TIL according to neuroscience recordings of brain waves Matthieu Ricard, a buddhist monk, is literally the happiest person ever tested.