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TIL The Department of Veterans Affairs still issues a monthly pension payment to 84-year-old Irene Triplett, for her father’s service in the Union Army during the US Civil War.

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rREgd TIL Ireland's Gaelic royal families were not all wiped out by the English. Many were exiled to contiental Europe were they intermarried with royals in countries such as France and Spain. Many of their descendants became leaders in their new homes including French President Patrice de MacMahon
YNLA TIL - An sr71 Blackbird once flew from LA to Washington DC in 64 minutes. Average speed of the flight: 2145mph.
M1VB TIL It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon in France. In the French version of Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Napoleon the pig was called Cesar.
v4RB TIL after a student was suspended for wearing one of their tees, the band Korn gave away hundreds of their shirts to a Michigan high school. Police actually helped hand out the tees.
kONl1 TIL that transparent aluminum, the fictitious material in the Star Trek Voyage Home film (1986) has been actually invented.