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TIL: more US soldiers died in the US Civil War than all other US wars combined, based on recent estimates

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5jNp TIL that in 1995 Liam Neeson turned down the role of James Bond (Goldeneye) because “he has never been interested in starring in action movies”
a8pZy TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.
BrRJy TIL about the joke behind NASA's Juno mission. While Jupiter's moons are named after the god's many mistresses, Juno, the space probe sent to orbit and monitor Jupiter, is named after his wife.
YpJ6G TIL that tonic water contains Quinine, a medication originlly used to treat malaria and babesiosis, which also glows under a UV light.
5Y0vr TIL in 1969, a 14-year-old boy in Toronto pretended he was a professional news photographer and was able to secure an interview with John Lennon, which sat around until it became part of a documentary in 2007