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TIL Memorial Day Was First Celebrated In Boalsburg PA In 1864, Two Years Before Waterloo First Celebrated Memorial's Day

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Ko4J TIL: A neuroscientist accidentally discovered that he is a psychopath after reviewing his own brain scan.
gME9L TIL of Varina Davis, first lady of the Confederacy. Criticized for her olive skin tone and high level of literacy, she later became a newspaper columnist, was friends with Julia Grant (widow of Ulysses S. Grant) and declared in an article in 1901 that "the right side won the civil war".
yKJM TIL if both NHL goalies are injured the team can literally choose any available goalie to suit up and play - including fans. (Page 7)
gMgw7 TIL for every bag of Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies and Junior Mints you eat, you're helping fight the war against Communism and the New World Order
wXWo TIL that the human eye can ONLY make smooth (non-saccadic) motions if it’s actually tracking a moving object.