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TIL the last person to receive a Civil War pension died in June 2020.

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gn7W TIL in WW2 the Finnish bombers joined the formations of returning Russian planes and bombed the landing and landed planes.
lo99V TIL that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is the PREQUEL to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and not the sequel.
1aD7d TIL there is a restaurant in tiny Union CT that gives books away to every person that dines there.
DQDBe TIL that, despite being an English noble family, the Howard family has never accepted the Anglican faith and still remains in communion with Rome. Two of its members are considered martyrs.
9Yvo6 TIL Goldfinger was banned in Israel after it was reported that the actor playing Goldfinger, Gert Fröbe, was a former member of the Nazi party. The ban was lifted when it was discovered he helped to hide two Jews in his basement during the war.