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TIL that people brought picnic baskets and opera glasses to watch the first battle of the US Civil War, expecting the whole dispute to be over quickly and easily. They had a bad day.

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P1P0L TIL about a man eating tiger that killed 436 people in Nepal in the final years of the 19th century.
rNeLx TIL on 4/20/1989, 37-yr old Patricia Bernadette Meehan of Pittsburgh, PA disappeared after a high speed car accident outside the town of Circle, MT. Unusually, over 5000 alleged sightings of Meehan have since been recorded. The case remains open.
VMAZ TIL that in the midst if the sexual abuse scandal involving the church, the pope was granted immunity from everything to do with a coverup and anything to do with the rape or molestation of children involving the clergy. He was granted this immunity by President George W Bush. 15:00 into the video
grovW TIL that Fukushi Masaichi (30 January 1878 – 3 June 1956) was a Japanese physician and pathologist in Tokyo. He was the founder of the world's only known collection of tattoos taken from the dead. He collected an archive of about 2000 "hides", which were later lost during World War II.
adyZ TIL The author of 101 Dalmatians wrote an official sequel where Cadpig is the prime minister, dogs gain the ability to fly and an alien dog tries to start the apocalypse.