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TIL that Devil’s Tower was the US’s first National Monument and that Geologists are still uncertain about exactly how it was formed.

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wL6kJ TIL That Ashley Eckstein has her own Star Wars clothing brand
OGlJX TIL Some Civil War ships used 500 pound cotton bales for armor.
NXQg6 TIL American Civil War-era politician Clement Vallandigham died trying to defend a man accused of murder in a bar, who claimed he had accidentally discharged a pistol. Vallandigham attempted to demonstrate what happened... and accidentally shot himself with the pistol.
j6nOQ TIL Korea crowd-sourced down payment to the IMF using private gold in the late 90s