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TIL that John Wilkes Booth was present at the hanging of John Brown.

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VMZEp TIL the Idaho legislature adopted a resolution commending the filmmakers of Napoleon Dynamite, which was filmed in the state. The resolution states that anyone voting against it were “freakin’ idiots”
epRrb TIL the two periods of the day, a.m. and p.m., used for 12-hour time convention stand for “ante meridiem” and “post meridiem”, Latin for “before midday” and “after midday” respectively.
AnQw TIL that the English lyrics for the classic Christmas carol “Deck the Halls” were originally “fill the meadcup, drain the barrel” and not “don we now our gay apparel”.
EMVP TIL Nails at one time were so expensive that people would burn down old barns just to recover their nails.
eKeb TIL the “Today I Learned” subreddit is regularly exploited by corporate markers to push their agendas