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TIL This Giant Prehistoric Owl Was an Actual Cannibal

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nW5nB TIL the officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater left his post to go drinking at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.
Yp48Z TIL that the 'low man on the totem pole' is actually the most important person on a totem pole
VBkOZ TIL Gulf War Syndrome is not related to PTSD, but most likely due to sarin gas exposure
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XEw1P TIL that during the Vietnam War, America made a recording that has terrifying sounds, then played those sounds in the jungle at night.