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yQr5J TIL coffin dancing is a thing
b64PE TIL that after the American Civil War ended, the Union troops started cheering, but Grant quickly silenced them. He later said, "The Confederates were now our countrymen, and we didn't want to gloat over their downfall."
joEj TIL that US senators sought to ban ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ from theaters for “[making] the Senate look like a bunch of crooks”
aj1J TIL the US military had a backpack nuke (S.A.D.M.) that could be carried by a single person.
kEV1 TIL - The size that acorns grow to is partly dictated by how large the mouths of birds and squirrels are - if the acorns grow too large the animals can’t disperse them away from the tree which is critical for germination an seedling growth