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TIL in the 1876 US election, disputed votes nearly led to a second civil war. Democrat Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but an Electoral Commission awarded the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes. In exchange for a Hayes win, federal troops were withdrawn from the South, ending Reconstruction.

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8eRVP TIL of the 'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer in the UK. In 2008 news presenter Bill Turnbull and broadcaster Stephen Fry both had a prostate cancer diagnosis and urged other men to come forward for help. It caused a 36% increase in patients receiving treatment the following year.
Y5OA TIL a female doctor from brazil, after being fed up from burglars jumping over her fence and steal her belongings, tapped dozen of HIV-infected syringes atop her metal fence with a warning board saying, ”Wall with HIV positive blood. No trespassing.”
dDM97 TIL that during the Battle of the North Cape the cruiser HMS Belfast pursued the battleship Scharnhorst away from the first engagement, risking Scharnhost's guns in order to keep a radar track to guide a second British fleet into position to sink her
9mdp TIL Carrie Fisher was a script doctor (uncredited writer brought in to fix a movie) on Hook, Sister Act, Lethal Weapon 3, The Wedding Singer, and all 3 of the Star Wars prequels
jZkN TIL that English speakers pronounce the world “colonel” as “kernel” because we adopted the French pronunciation (coronel), but the Italian spelling (colonello).