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TIL when the Confederate army surrendered in 1865, a Union cannonade was fired in celebration but General Grant ordered it to stop saying “The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen again.

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mx9xx TIL on December 28 1983, Dennis Wilson, co-founder and drummer of the Beach Boys, drowned at Marina Del Rey after drinking all day and then diving in the afternoon to recover his ex-wife's belongings, previously thrown overboard at the marina from his yacht three years earlier amidst their divorce.
nZAW TIL The high-pitched sounds housecats make to solicit food may mimic the cries of a hungry human infant, making them particularly hard for humans to ignore
9YrRm TIL Pope Francis is the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
Oo7xY TIL that Kurt Cobain’s butthole surfers t-shirt sold for $8125
aKRy TIL that in 1982 3 men spent more than six months living on a billboard in an attempt to outlast the others to win a radio contest for a $18,000 home. One of the men was arrested half way into the contest for selling weed from on top of the billboard.