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TIL we've known the Earth is a globe for over 2000 years

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9dam TIL The guy who sang “She Blinded Me With Science” believes the Earth is flat.
9GMm TIL of the worst maritime disaster in US history. On April 27, 1865. 3 of the 4 boilers on the steamboat Sultana exploded, killing 1196 people. The boat was 1779 people over capacity. The disaster is mostly overlooked due to John Wilkes Booth being killed the previous day
7rV9P TIL that the official manner of address for the President of the United States could have been "Highness" or "Majesty", if not for George Washington consenting that the final title be simply "Mr. President".
1aJ6O TIL of Steve Comisar: a man who sold "solar powered clothes dryers" for $49.95 in national magazines. Unsuspecting customers would receive a length of clothes line.
161P8 TIL that just before the start of the Spanish-American War, Annie Oakley wrote a letter to President McKinley, volunteering to organize a regiment of "fifty lady sharpshooters," who would supply their own ammunition and arms, but he declined her offer because women weren’t allowed to serve.