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TIL that General Porter was expelled from the Army during the Civil War and spent 17 years trying to clear his name. He retired 2 days after being reinstated.

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epZ9b TIL That "RadiThor, an energy drink originally contained radium. A 1oz bottle would sell for about $1 (US) in the 1920's. It was also claimed that it would cure all sorts of ailments.
YmQd TIL after Christopher Reeve’s injury, Robin Williams burst into his room in the ICU in full scrubs and claimed he was a proctologist and that he was going to perform a rectal exam. Reeve said it was the first time he had laughed since the accident, and he knew somehow everything was going to be okay
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77lP TIL after the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching on the Hudson (aka “Miracle on the Hudson”), officials captured and gassed 1,235 Canadian geese and destroyed 1,739 goose eggs across New York City.
nWn8B TIL To get a convincing performance out of the boy that played the kidnapped child in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spielberg&Co. wore gorilla and clown costumes off-camera to surprise him, and slowly opened presents to get his wide-eyed amazed reaction to seeing aliens in his kitchen.