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TIL the Solar System's tallest cliff face is 20 km (12 miles) on Miranda, the smallest moon around Uranus.

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RmJj TIL that in the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, at least 300 people lost their lives because the doors opened inwards. This prompted the regulation that all doors in a public building must open outwards.
KOmV9 TIL about Calcio Fiorentino - A 27 on 27 sport fusing football, rugby, and literal fighting
GweQ TIL 7.3 percent of all living Americans have served in the military at some point in their lives.
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LkN7p TIL of Ely S. Parker, a Native American who wrote the final draft of the Confederate Surrender. At the time of surrender, General Lee extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' Parker shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'