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TIL as Governor, Texas hero Sam Houston withheld funding from the Texas Navy and declined to restock army supplies, aiming to incite a crisis that would lead to the United States annexing Texas.

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kJpy4 TIL in WWI, half of the French army mutinied in 1917. Soldiers remained in trenches, but refused orders to attack after the failure of the Nivelle Offensive, which General Nivelle promised a 48 hour victory. The mutinies were heavily suppressed by the French and were not fully disclosed until 1967.
lVEA TIL that there is a family in Florence that has been keeping records of all of their ledgers, bills and correspondences in a continuous archive since 1362.
1ad1X TIL Jane Stanford, founder of Stanford University, was murdered by strychnine poisoning. The president of the university at the time, David Starr Jordan, was suspected of covering up the murder. The killer was never found.
WxgN TIL that Tim Curry was originally cast to portray the Joker in Batman: The Animated series, but he was replaced by Mark Hammil because his voice was too scary
kOQ7d TIL the Danish flag - or Dannebrog - is said to date from 1219 and is celebrated as the oldest continuously used national flag in the world