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TIL A man threw a mouse into a pile of burning leaves and it ran into his house while still ablaze and burnt his house down.

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R7KA8 TIL the man who eulogized George Washington with the famous quote "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" was Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
RZMa TIL that when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its internet domain name went from .yu to .me
R59d9 TIL author Honoré de Balzac, best known for The Human Comedy, wrote a fanfiction sequel to the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin
7rN7O TIL the Beatles performed a Shakespearian skit on a television special. Based on a scene from A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream, the Beatles play performers who get laughed at and heckled by the crowd.
ANNYo TIL of CDR. Ernest E. Evans, a Native American U.S. Navy captain during WWII. Evans was awarded the Medal of Honor as part of the Battle Off Samar, where he captained a destroyer against the IJN Yamato and an otherwise overwhelming force