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TIL that Gatling gun salesmen would go to Civil War battlefields in order to demonstrate their products in actual combat.

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p8e18 TIL that actor Conrad Veidt played a man with a disfigured, permanently-smiling face in the 1928 film "The Man Who Laughs." His portrayal became the inspiration for the character of The Joker.
ep7OL TIL: An analysis of data from every Supreme Court justice from 1789 to 2006 found that when the incumbent president is of a different party than the president who appointed the justice, the justice's death-in-office odds are about tripled.
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78ZD7 TIL that the British won a significant naval victory after the Battle of Yorktown in the Caribbean, called the Battle of the Saintes, which returned their advantage at sea. This had a major impact on the post-American Revolution peace treaty giving the British much better terms.
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