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TIL that 10 U.S. military bases are named after confederate generals

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xVYPo TIL of Boudica, a Celtic queen who led a revolt against Roman rule in ancient Britain in A.D. Boudica’s forces had massacred some 70,000 Romans and pro-Roman Britons and though her rebellion failed, she is celebrated today as a national heroine and an embodiment of the struggle for justice.
16pgW TIL about the Hessdalen lights: These are unexplained lights that have been observed in the Hessdalen valley in Norway since the 1940s. The lights appear as floating orbs and have been witnessed by thousands of people over the years.
7ra9P TIL of the unit of measurement, "smoot", which is named after an MIT prank on Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity pledge, Oliver Smoot, whose body was used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958. One smoot is 5 foot 7 inches and length of the Harvard Bridge is 364.4 smoots.
1k8r TIL Mr. Rogers once met Koko, the Stanford Educated Gorilla. Koko regularly watched Mister Rogers Neighborhood and when Rogers walked in the room, she hugged him and did what she saw him do countless times on TV. Took off his shoes.