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TIL: The creator of Doug stated that Skeeter was African-American

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0da9y TIL, In 2009, the remains of an unknown Union soldier, believed to be between 17 and 19 years old, were discovered on the Antietam National Battlefield and identified as a New York volunteer, were found in the Cornfield, and were returned to New York for burial with full military honors.
R7ab8 TIL In 2001, a seven foot bull shark bit off a boy’s arm. His uncle not only saved the boy, but dived in after the shark, wrestled it to shore where the shark was shot, retrieved the boy’s arm and it was sewn back on in the hospital.
bM5p TIL That owls fly silently due to specially designed edges of their primary feathers. When most birds fly, turbulence from air gushing over their wings creating noise. However, owls have their primary feathers serrated like a comb, which divides turbulence into tiny currents aka micro-turbulences.
78MkL TIL between August 21-23, 1924, all radios in the United States went quiet for five minutes on the hour, every hour. This was done in order to listen for radio signals or messages from Martians, but none were detected.
JXX8 TIL that one of the richest men of all time, J. Paul Getty, had a pay phone installed in his house after visitors racked up his phone bill.