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TIL that when President George Washington died, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ordered ten days of mourning in France.

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NeXQ TIL that NASA fastened a 1909 Lincoln penny to the exterior of the Curiosity mars rover for camera calibration purposes. Which means that future space archaeologists are going to be very, very confused
XAar TIL that in 1642, a man was executed because a deformed piglet looked like him. He was convicted of bestiality.
xVNLo TIL that when you call 911, they can actually put you on hold! That is frightening.
OZwg TIL that Wisconsin is the only state requiring external investigations of police-involved deaths.
Oowog TIL the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were represented in court by John Adams, who successfully defended most of them against charges of murder.