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

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apWo TIL there is a German children’s book from 1845 about three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, Saint Nicolas dips the three boys in black ink, to make them even darker-skinned than the boy they’d teased.
KOVRw TIL Vincent van Gogh's painting "Café Terrace at Night" was a rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper." The cafe has 12 patrons with 1 tall waiter next to a cross. At that time, van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo that he had a "tremendous need for, shall I say the word—for religion."
8mPV TIL Edgar Allen Poe wrote a story about 4 crewman who are lost at sea and turned to eating the cabin boy named Richard Parker, 46 years later, an English Yacht sank and the remaining 4 survivors in a life boat turned to eating the Cabin Boy after he fell ill, also named Richard Parker
YpxNG TIL of the Machine Identification Code. A series of secret dots that certain printers leave on every piece of paper they print, giving clues to the originator and identification of the device that printed it. It was developed in the 1980s by Canon and Xerox but wasn't discovered until 2004.
jNx9N TIL During Notorious B.I.G.'s funeral procession through the streets of Brooklyn, someone interrupted the somber atmosphere by playing "Hyponotize" at full volume, which prompted the public to dance and sing along. It was no longer a mourning of his death, but a celebration of his life.