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TIL about Agloe, New York, a fake village created by mapmakers as a "copyright trap" to catch plagiarists

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YgXr TIL that when Manfred von Richtofen (the Red Baron) was shot down and killed in 1918, the British Army gave him a full military funeral, complete with clergy, a gun salute and a wreath inscribed with, “To Our Gallant and Worthy Foe.”
oBJGE TIL that the dubstep violinist and dancer Lindsey Stirling was a competitor on America's Got Talent, where she was told by the judges that she wasn't good enough to both dance and play at the same time, and that she'd have more success as part of a group
LkDp9 TIL in 1913 the Yankees and Confederates had a reunion at Gettysburg. 53,407 veterans showed up and the event was entirely peaceful.
woZOP TIL the only state in the U.S. that requires shoes while driving is Alabama -- and that's only for motorcycle riders.
D17vV TIL During WWI female munitions workers were nicknamed "Canary Girls" because exposure to TNT is toxic, and repeated exposure turns the skin an orange-yellow colour reminiscent of the plumage of a canary