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TIL that John Wilkes Booth’s Brother Saved the Life of Abraham Lincoln’s Son

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X0axj TIL about François de Civille, a 16th-century Frenchman who survived being shot in the head, buried alive, thrown out a window, and left in a dung heap for three days before being rescued by his cousin.
mxwwR TIL of John R. Brinkley, who convinced a bunch of people that having goat testicles implanted in them would increase their virility.
jNLlR TIL in March 2020 an unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that States can't be sued for copyright infringement. That means a State could theoretically screen any American movie or reprint and sell any book and the original copyright owners couldn't do anything about it.
ADrOa TIL Herma are ancient greek statues featuring only a head, typically Hermes, and a phallus. In 415 BC all of the Athenian Herma were vandalized by having the penises removed.
wjOE TIL the red juices from steak isn’t blood, it’s myoglobin