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TIL that some people are born with their internal organs mirrored horizontally across their body, known as Situs Inversus. 🫀

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ajKo TIL that during the U.S. Civil War, former President John Tyler became a Confederate and was elected to serve in the Condeferate congress. He is the only U.S. President to not be mourned officially in Washington D.C. due to his being a Confederate supporter.
n7VG TIL that Roy Sullivan, a park ranger, was struck by lightning seven times in his career, but ended up shooting himself at age 71
6ro8 TIL Ulysses S. Grant wrote his memoirs after being commissioned by Mark Twain. After his presidency, Grant had lost all his savings to a shady investment partner, leaving his family nearly destitute. Grant died days after finishing, but sold over 300,000 copies and earned his family over $450,000.
gMow9 TIL once, a Microsoft guy was giving a presentation and it didn't work on Edge so halfway through he stopped to install Chrome.
neVwW TIL America's longest-serving innocent prisoner was Ricky Jackson who spent 39 years behind bars, from the age 19 to 58. He received more than one million dollars compensation from the state of Ohio