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TIL General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, on the march north to Gettysburg, captured free black men and sent them south into slavery

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a8vdy TIL of the Jim twins, separated at birth and reunited at 39: both had married and divorced someone named Linda, were currently married to a Betty, had sons named James Allan, had dogs named Toy, drove the same car, had jobs in security, and regularly vacationed at the same beach in Florida
EgQBP TIL: That people who experience discomfort watching cringe have higher levels of empathy.
yQE6M TIL gorillas are mostly peaceful giants, preferring acts of intimidation and diplomacy over full on violence even with rivals. There have only been a handful of human attacks, and an even smaller number of fatal attacks, mostly when they perceived humans as a threat and warnings were ignored.
Bgg7y TIL That John Garand, who designed the M-1 rifle that bears his name, never received any royalties for the design and that an attempt to award him $100 000 by an act of Congress failed despite almost six million rifles being produced.
jNEaE TIL Tivadar Kosztka, an early twentieth century Hungarian painter, made an oddly asymmetrical artwork called The Old Fisherman. It was recently discovered that the painting contains two hidden images by mirroring just the left or the right side, which creates a symmetrical image of God or the Devil.