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TIL The Texas Revolution was mainly fought because Mexico abolished slavery

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b6MD7 TIL water exists on the sun
LkL1P TIL when Joseph Vaillancourt's 2,609,698 km 1963 Plymouth Fury taxi, at the time the highest-mileage car in North America, was hit by a truck, actor Michael Barette personally spent about $20k on restoring the car.
mxVQR TIL, the ancient dog breed Xoloitzcuintli, the dog from Coco, was nearly extinct by 1950 and was revived from a group 10 pure bred when an expedition scoured most of Mexico in search for them
PYPbZ TIL about Erwin Rommel's funeral. When the famous general and war hero was implicated in an assassination plot against Hitler, the Nazis let him commit suicide, in return for his family's safety. Rommel agreed, but demanded an apolitical funeral. The Nazis festooned his coffin was swastikas anyway.
aw08Z TIL Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent a death certificate to the prison stating he had died.