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TIL: there was only one civilian casualty during the Battle of Gettysburg. After fleeing to her sisters house from the initial fight, a stray bullet hit Mary Wade while she was baking bread for the retreating Union army

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MeZNK TIL a study of 1,892 Finish car owners found that though some luxury car owners were conscientious, men deemed "assholes" (less cooperative/less kind/less considerate) were more likely to drive high-status cars such as BMW. No connection between self-centered women & luxury car ownership was found.
OoBj7 TIL that the trippy patterns that you see when you shut your eyes tightly are called phosphenes. They are caused by electrical charge produced in the retina and or mechanical stimuli such as rubbing your eyes
xEo7 TIL 1,311 people live in Verkhoyansk, Russia. A town with an avg. temp of -45 °C (-50 °F) in January that was also attacked by a pack of 400 wolves last year. The sun currently rises at 2pm and sets at 3:30pm.
epxa4 TIL that in the Commonwealth of Virginia the Dept of Professional and Occupational Regulation you can file a complaint against a professional wrestler, boxer, or martial artist, among other occupations.
1LgV TIL forgotten smallpox vials were found in a cardboard box in Maryland in 2014, over 30 years after its eradication