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TIL the bow of the USS New York was forged using 7.5 tons of recycled World Trade Center steel

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4rb5 TIL: Medal of Honor recipients receive a special pension of $1,259 per month.
Mmn7 TIL that David Bowie doesn’t actually have two differently colored eyes, but his left pupil is permanently dilated
N7WDM TIL When most people think of Civil War surgery they envision a poor soldier being forcibly held down while his arm or leg is amputated without the benefit of anesthesia. This Hollywood concept of Civil War surgery is far from accurate.
57XB TIL there is a face cream that is 2,000 years old which was found with the finger marks of its last user
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