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TIL Helium-3 found in crystals on the moon could provide energy to the earth

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dDvKE TIL that in the 18th and 19th centuries, cemeteries in Britain used "cemetery guns" to prevent grave robbing. These guns were set up near graves and were designed to discharge when triggered by a tripwire, stopping "body snatchers" who stole corpses to sell to medical schools.
5YONr TIL Nashville, TN isn't referred to as the "Athens of the South" because of its full size replica of the Parthenon, but because it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system in the 1850s
Eg47w TIL Tom Lehrer, Mathematician, Musician, and Satirist also invented the Jello Shot while serving on a military base
kpLg TIL that after enlisting in 1942, Audie Murphy was rejected by the Marines for being too short and the navy for being too skinny. The Army accepted him, but did not want to send him into combat because he looked so young. He went on to receive every military award for valor available from the Army.
Ooow7 TIL that the entire US-Canada border is defined by a 20 ft. deforested area called "The Slash".