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TIL Chevy Chase avoided the draft by falsely claiming he was homosexual.

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5Ywyr TIL that even the Ku Klux Klan classifies the Westboro Baptist Church as a hate group; the KKK were one of the main counter protesters against the Church's anti-Memorial Day protests at the Arlington Cemetery, Virginia
PwQJ TIL of John Clem, a Union drummer boy during the American Civil War who shot a Confederate colonel who demanded his surrender. He was later promoted to sergeant becoming the youngest NCO in the history of the US Army.
OojO6 TIL: Michael Collins had a bone spur on his spine that was removed. Yet he still managed to be part of the Apollo 11 mission that put the first humans on the moon.
JYVeB TIL Common Toads have incredible memory, travelling hundreds of miles in Spring to return to the exact same pond where they were born in order to lay their eggs (of which there can be more than 1,500)
R7Jj TIL the Yucatan peninsula is named after the Mayan phrase meaning, “I don’t understand what you’re saying.” in response to the Spaniards asking where they were.