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TIL the person who graduates last in his class during the United States Military Academy at West Point graduation ceremony each year is called "the goat" joining an exclusive club which includes Civil War hero General George Custer.

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L4ZP TIL a teen needing a heart transplant was rejected in part because of his history of juvenile detention. A media outcry resulted in his getting a new heart, and later he died fleeing after a carjacking/burglary/shooting spree.
GA9BN TIL roses are edible (and actually quite nutritious)
E1lmW TIL that Dynamite and TNT are actually different kinds of explosives, the former one having Nitroglycerin in its compounds. The common misconception of both being the same likely comes from pop culture references.
78AGL TIL that most of the actors that portrayed the Jack Ryan character are all catholic of Irish descent, like the character. (Alec Baldwin (1990), Harrison Ford (1992–1994), John Krasinski)
NXX76 TIL "the 8,000 nerve endings in the clitoris" came from a single study of cows, back in the 1970s