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TIL, In 2009, the remains of an unknown Union soldier, believed to be between 17 and 19 years old, were discovered on the Antietam National Battlefield and identified as a New York volunteer, he was returned to New York for burial with full military honors.

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e05Xg TIL the music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was re-edited by Kurt Cobain; among other things, he almost completely removed shots of a dorky teacher and an angry principal from the director's cut. (The teacher appears briefly at the end.)
kJ5km TIL second breakfast is an actual thing, not an invention of Tolkein. It's a traditional meal in parts of central Europe, namely Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Bavaria and typically consists of meats and pastries, with coffee to drink.
A4ro TIL half of British women cannot identify the vagina on a medical diagram.
vPBQB TIL in 1985 the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer gave away his $1.4 million inheritance (adjusted for inflation) at age 26 to become an activist and academic expert, specializing in inequality, tax policy and hereditary wealth
EOwX TIL that Beethoven routinely had the same breakfast each morning before he started working on his compositions. It consisted of coffee, which he prepared himself. He determined that there should be sixty beans per cup, and he often counted them out one by one for a precise dose.