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8eB7L TIL: After the Union Army routed the Confederates at the battle of Chattanooga, a Chaplain asked if the war dead should be sorted and separated by state in the cemetery. The Union general responded by saying “Mix 'em up. I'm tired of states' rights.”
x61W0 TIL King James the First liked to play tennis. He knocked so many balls off the court and down an old drain leading from the abbey that he ordered for the passage to be blocked. 3 days later, assassins arrived to kill him. He tried to escape through the passage but it was blocked and he was murdered
lg6V TIL Smoke Detectors mostly chirp in the dead of night because the chemical reaction in batteries slows down when the air get’s colder thus tripping the detectors low battery detector.