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TIL the only reason a Scottish bagpiper wasn’t shot by German snipers on D-Day was that they believed he had gone crazy.

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b9v64 TIL President Franklin Pierce didn't swear his oath of office on a Bible. Weeks after his election, Pierce was in a train accident, in which he witnessed his son die before his eyes. He didn’t take the oath on a Bible because he believed his son’s death was God’s judgment for his campaigning.
OpgX TIL IBM sold a smartphone with a touchscreen display input that could send emails and run third party apps in 1994
4X0dN TIL that, for centuries, proponents of English language spelling reform have pushed for changes to make learning English easier, with some changes successful (error, member, music, fantasy), and some unsuccessful (hav, giv, hed, frend).
wLpv1 TIL That some bacteria have tiny magnetic crystals that help them avoid oxygen by sensing the earth's magnetic field.
m5Lx TIL that to Italians, the correct way to eat spaghetti is with only a fork. Eating spaghetti with a fork and spoon means you’re either an amateur, a child, or have really bad table manners.