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TIL Phil Collins wrote the captain planet theme song.

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yVLAw TIL in 1861, Abraham Lincoln suspended “the writ of habeas corpus” which gave military authorities the power to arrest and hold Union dissenters without indictment or arraignment.
96Z7 TIL the bubble gum is pink because that was the only dye Diemer (the inventor) had on hand at the time and it was his favorite color.
d8jN9 TIL that following the Civil War Robert E Lee was stricken of his citizenship and had to apply for it back. Instead of the letter reaching the president it was given as a souvenir to a friend of the secretary of state.
xV1P7 TIL President Lyndon Johnson suspected Presidential Candidate Richard Nixon of treason and had his communications monitored.
yVNZ8 TIL that football player Angel Di Maria visited a psychologist because of internet memes