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TIL the reason why you’re meant to say cheese when you take a pic is because it forces you into a smile

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LKVv TIL that when the US Army planned the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary Veterans’ Reunion, they brought 50 coffins. They estimated some vets were so old that they would die at the event; they only had to use 9 of them.
69N4W TIL Arthur Ashe published a three-volume book in 1988 titled A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete. He worked with researchers for nearly six years on the book and later stated that the book meant more to him than any of his tennis titles.
a80w0 TIL that James Conrad Marshall, killed in the Viet Cong attack on the U.S. Embassy during the Tet Offensive was the first Marine Security Guard to die in defense of a U.S. embassy or consulate.
MlmK TIL there was a crazy theory that the half-brother of Japan’s first Shogun survived the Shogun’s wrath after being seen as a political threat, and escaped to Mongolia. There he settled and changed his name to Genghis Khan.
pYYOe TIL: Tylenol taken during pregnancy increases the risk of ADHD/ASD diagnosis in children